Originally posted by 49erBigMac:
Originally posted by Giedi:
Originally posted by RishikeshA:
No, they've drafted defensive linemen the past three years in a row, don't make it four. It makes the organization look incompetent.
You can't look at it that way, in my opinion. You have to pick the best player available to help your team. If it's a D Linemen, then it's a D Lineman.
Sorry Giedi, you're way off base with this, you preach BPA, yet you also say we need to pick Landry. I guarantee you that he isn't BPA. He would be a (slight) reach due to a pass rushing need.
BPA also has to take into account the kind of system your defense plays. If you play a Vic Fangio defense, you want a bigger OLB/DE that can rush and is decent to good at stopping the runs. If you play the Saleh 4-3 under (which is essentially a nickel defense) you want a fast edge rusher who's only job is the rush the passer and really doesn't have to worry about the runs. Landry fits the billl better than a Marcus Davinport. As for a Chubb, I think, based on all the draft nerd's analysis - he really is an elite (at least for this class) pass rusher. He'll be good in a Saleh defense, and he'll be good in a Fangio defense. The reason (I think) certain players go higher in the draft vs others, is because those players have the talent/physique to play in *various* different systems and be great in all of them. Simple Demand and supply. Whereas a guy like Landry is only good in certain systems (Saleh's defense for example) and probably wouldn't fit in Wade or Fangio's defense.
