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Thinking about Ballard's comments on wanting an 8 man rotation on the DL and how important it is to him. That just reinforces my belief that he'll invest early picks on the defensive front. This rotation looks pretty darn good on paper and quite the improvement from 2017:
DE: Houston Sheard Turay #59 (Winovich, Polite, Ximines, etc.) DT: Autry Lewis Hunt #26 or #34 (Wilkins, Simmons, etc.) |
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Why do you leave out Grover Stewart? Mind you...I'm not particularly a fan of Stewart, but it seems like the Colts coaches are. Toward the end of last season he was taking away snaps from Al Woods. |
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I think Stewart is on the bubble depending on who the rookie is. The telling thing to me was how they started Hunt/Autry on the interior in the playoffs. Still, they need a bigger nose on the roster. Wilkins can play nose if they take him. Simmons would make Stewart’s spot safer for 2019 because of the injury.
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Unless we draft Dexter Lawrence who would also be a 0-tech. Even then it could be like Al Woods and Stewart last year. Then Hunt and Autry would be 3-techs (even though I saw Hunt listed as a NT) and Stewart and Lawrence the 0-techs. |
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Don’t think any of our DTs play much 0 tech, don’t remember seeing anybody head-up on the center often at all.
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Still, I think Eberflus would prefer his “base” 40 front to include one guy in the A gap and one guy at the 3 tech. That double A gap thing was a bit out of necessity since they only had Stewart left when Woods went down. I think Wilkins could absolutely play the A gap and could potentially take Stewart’s spot on the roster. |
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Yeah, was my fault for bringing “nose” into the conversation. They don’t employ a true NT, but the guy in the A gap is the defacto nose when the other DT is in the B gap. They need someone who has the size/strength to hold up against the G/C double or beat that gap. That’s where I think they would primarily use Wilkins.
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I do wonder if having Quincy Wilson, his former teammate at Florida and a guy who had issues himself with maturity and growing up might help Polite from becoming what looks to be almost a certain bust. He clearly has the talent; you don't get 11 sacks in the SEC by accident. |
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