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The Starter
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Virginia
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Re: Looking at the draft.
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Philly from this year is the case in point. Their secondary was mediocre at best and Cooley and other analysts named them as a weakness. Their LB corps was injured early on and continued to be banged up throughout their Super Bowl run. These "weaknesses" were covered by the play and depth of their Dline. Philly strategically invests in the Dline and rotates them throughout the game. Their strategy is pressure from a fresh talented Dline can and does cover deficiencies in other defensive units. It worked against one of the best QBs and game planning coaches in the league to win a world championship. I think there is a strong argument that Dline, like a good running game, is greater than the sum of their parts and positively affects other units and game aspects. It reduces the coverage time, and thus the time for the secondary to F up. It keeps LBs clean and unblocked to tackle a runner. It messes with a QBs timing and can get in his head. I don't think a team can ever go wrong by drafting or signing a game changing defensive lineman.
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