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Originally Posted by The Goat
The clarification is appreciated GT...i see your logic now. The one follow up discussion point i have is who's to say we won't draft/sign a more pure passrusher to replace Carter in the coming season or two? What's easier to come by: a passrushing specialist at RDE or a phenom who can shut down the rush and flip the switch to pressure/sack the QB? I tend to think pass-rush specialists are more common/available. If Rak can be the phenom to do both things on the left side wouldn't it make sense? I guess the bottom line question is where can he make the biggest impact and reach his highest potential?
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Absolutely we could do something like that. Established pass rushers just tend to run expensive, unless you get lucky with a late round find.
But your logic does make sense: could we use Orakpo like a Mario Williams type, and have sort of a platoon between a more run focused player and a third down specialist with orakpo playing whereever he is needed? Yeah, that makes sense. I just think that may be jumping the gun on how good Orakpo can be for us. I'd like to see him for two years before I conclude on how versatile a player he can be.