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Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc
I’d much rather have Paye and Ebukam than Key and Clemons. That’s an obvious downgrade in my opinion.
Ballard has a lot of work to do, that’s for sure.
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Key is the Ebukam replacement, Clemons is the Tyquan Lewis replacement, and both are upgrades on the player they're replacing, as they're both younger and more productive at the respective roles they're being asked to do. Key's 11.2% pressure rate is much better than Ebukam's 9.8% rate, and in raw number terms he generated close to a pressure per game more than Ebukam. Clemons is a better run defender than Lewis and also generated a higher pressure rate. Key and Clemons also cost less than Paye combined.
I don't think the Colts have obtained their EDGE2 yet. There are still many options that would be an upgrade over Paye.