DeMarcus Walker please. Underrated DE from Florida State University.
You guys make a lot of sense. Should I change my opinion? I didn't realize that there was a strong side or anything, just good and bad DEs.
You need to consider the opponent. Strong-side DEs play on the left side of the defensive line, opposite the opposing team's right tackle. The RT is usually a stronger, but slower tackle that can protect the QB, but the QB is able to anticipate more, because he can see the rush coming. (It's all flipped if the QB is right-handed.) Often times, this tackle will be better at opening up holes in the running game, so the strength to disengage from the tackle to offer run support is important here. The DE that faces this guy is usually stronger, bigger, but not as fast as the guy on the other side. Cam, JPP, Dunlap, Watt-these guys are the prototypes for the LDE.
On the other side-the weak side-is where you have your Left Tackles. The guy that protects the QB's blind side. These guys have it all-size, strength, quickness. If you want to beat them, you need to find a quick, twitchy pass-rusher that can get around them. Dwight Freeney, Robert Quinn-these guys are the prototypes for the RDE.
For our team, we should be looking at a Willis/Bowser-type, but, again, good DCs find ways to utilize their players. So if they took one, I'd say there are interesting plans in place.