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02-14-2024, 01:04 PM | #31 |
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I don't love the idea of taking a run-stuffing DT with limited pass-rush ability in round 1.
But Sweat is more than that. He is freakishly quick for a 365-pounder. At Texas, he had lots of TFLs, QB pressures, and batted balls. He's not a pass rusher, but he can absolutely be a game-wrecker. There are immovable object NT types to be had in the later rounds, but I think Sweat has upside well beyond that. |
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02-14-2024, 01:41 PM | #33 |
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For me, Sweat would only fall behind these guys and we know most aren't falling to us:
WRs: Harrison, Nabers, Odunze, Franklin, Thomas Jr. TEs: Bowers OTs: Alt, Fashanu, Mims, Guyton, Suamataia DTs: Newton, Murphy CBs: Arnold, Mitchell, McKinstry, DeJean, Wiggins So really, he's pretty much there in the conversation for me. |
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He's powerful and quick. He's absolutely a worthwhile consideration in the 1st and there's a non-zero chance he'd be the BPA when we get up. I wouldn't call it likely, but there's a scenario where he's the best guy. |
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02-14-2024, 06:10 PM | #35 |
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Would you trade up ahead of the cowboys for him? Cause I doubt Zimmer would stay in Dallas if they passed on him, given his scheme.
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02-14-2024, 06:52 PM | #36 |
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Damn, Chop had 34 hurries in the previous season!
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And if Dallas uses a 1st rounder on a DT for the 2nd straight year, Jerrah needs to fire himself. You just can't do that sort of thing. The Eagles could because of their surplus draft capital and a stronger overall roster. Dallas just can't. |
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02-15-2024, 08:24 AM | #38 |
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I agree here. If we had a dominant, large run stuffing DT that could play next to Chris Jones, I’d be really excited to see them play together. Sweat can get some push on the pass also. Sweat gets double teamed a lot. I’m not sure how you can double team sweat with Chris jones next to him. He doesn’t have to get the sack, sweat just needs to get a pressure and get the qb to move or disrupt the timing and someone else like karlaftis could get the sack. I love sweat next to Chris jones. I think our dline would be really hard to stop with that combination.
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I'm going to hope that the relative disappointment of Mazi Smith and other DTs taken in the first of late pushes Sweat to us in the 2nd. Because as has been noted, 30-40 snaps in a game is all you can likely ask of him. Is that a guy teams will want in the 1st? Or rebuilding teams drafting higher in the 2nd? And once a guy gets around 50, all bets are off as the boards diverge a lot around there.
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He's more like Jalen Carter in that he's just awfully quick for a guy his size and if you don't address that, he can just crush your interior. While that's not a 'penetrator', it's someone that will take away avenues of escape for your QB. I don't see him racking up gaudy sack numbers, but I can see him creating a lot of pressures for his teammates or turning those pressures into sacks. He's not your ordinary fat guy in the middle, IMO. |
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02-15-2024, 02:11 PM | #44 |
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Say you do keep JOnes, woudl you still draft Swift early?
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02-15-2024, 03:49 PM | #45 |
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McCormick isn’t the only FCS player on this list who’s dominated for the last two years. Boyd was second among FCS interior defensive linemen in 2022 with a 92.3 PFF run-defense grade. His 87.6 PFF pass-rushing grade this past season was fourth among that same group. He led all FCS defensive tackles in 2023 with 40 pressures while his 15.9% pass-rush win rate was second." |
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