So you cut frank Clark. What you don't do is get rid of the best or 2nd best DT in the league.
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Are you sure Clark hasn’t earned another season after that sack on Satur-
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I was firmly in support of trading Chris Jones but I think I've moved to be firmly in support of adding another penetrating DT right next to him. Give me two guys that can rape face up the middle.

I WANT JEVON HARGRAVE. Badly. Extend Jones and pay Hargrave Clark's money. To note, no I don't see Philly using the tag on him.

Give me a speed rusher opposite Karlaftis and I'll be dancing a jig. I really like Derick Hall as a guy that probably won't be a 1st round player.

I see this as the best way to truly enhance the pass rush immediately. You can't double two DTs and either will make you pay dearly.
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Hargrave is just such a one-trick pony. And he really has been his entire career so it's not something I'm willing to chalk up to scheme.

The guy just doesn't give a fuck about run defense and that's an awfully hard thing to stomach at DT, especially when ideally you want to keep Jones more free to attack so you need a pretty responsible complement to him.

Don't get me wrong, I'll happily weight interior pass rush over run-stopping ability at DT2, but I don't think you can put a guy there who's just actively AWFUL against the run.

Could I talk you into Dalvin Tomlinson instead? He's a credible interior pass rusher who's actually sound against the run. If he costs a similar amount as Hargrave, I think that's the direction I'd go. And probably see if Andrew Billings can be had on another short-term deal for minimal outlay to replace Nnadi.
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He is more of a one-trick pony but it's not like we have world-beaters against the run as it is. It's mostly a passing league and the teams we have to get through in the playoffs, especially the AFC, are passing teams. You're going after the larger percentage (60% or so) of plays and the bulk of overall yards.

I'd much rather have Hargrave in FA. I'd hope to get a guy like Keeanu Benton in the draft to be the Tomlinson type.
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Dre"Mont Jones would be option 1a for me.
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Yes you could, mentioned him and I think Billings on another thread here. Probably cheaper and more rounded.
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I used to be on board with testing the market for CJ but at this point I don’t see how it can go through. Reek was let go just so that there could be cap to keep Jones and more. He’a legitamitely a top 5 pass rusher in the league and there’s argument for top 3.

We finally have a threatening pass rush for the first time in nearly a decade and he’s the key reason behind it. There aren’t many things that are worth a tier 1 contract but a dominant pass rusher is, especially when it’s the best interior rusher in the league.
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The thing I am thinking about is there is likely to be a lot of rookies wanting new deals in the next few years.

Sneed, Gay, Bolton, Creed, Smith, Toney. We need to think about who we do and don't want to keep and that will play into the thoughts of Veech.
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Lets see the completion of this playoff run before we decide on jones.
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I'd call up the Bucs and see if they need to move Vita Vea.
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I just don’t see a scenario where they even think about moving Vea.
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They're 54 milion over the cap and don't have a QB.
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And trading Vea gets them maybe $5 million in cap space.
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I do like dre'mont as a lower cost rotational rusher.

He's plateaued a bit, but he has some real nice rush tools.
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