DE failures: will Granderson and Baun teach FO a lesson?

saintmike23 said
Marcus Davenport
Payton Turner
Isaiah Foskey

All picked in the first or second round, and all are busts. Foskey could turn out to be a role player but I don't think he has the drive to get better.

The prototype of the 270-300 lb DE is not working for us. I just re-watched Baun lined up at LE make a tackle behind the LOS on a shotgun run as he scraped across the field to clean up the play.

Granderson is an UDFA having a pro bowl season. Luckily, they learned from Trey Hendrickson and re-signed Granderson.

We couldn't keep Kaden Ellis. What will be the fate of Baun?

Will the draft strategy change instead of sticking to prototypes and positional hierarchy over talent?

I would argue that the combination of the three picks of Davenport, Turner and Penning is the third worse setback after losing Brees and Payton.

What the FO hasn't figure out is that the once Unicorn 6'7 265lb DE that can play the run and the pass is no longer a unicorn. Where they would have only a few to choose from every draft, you can now take your pick of the litter. The unicorns are the TJ Watt/Granderson/Harold Landry's of the world. Slightly undersized but can be used to passrush all over the formation if you choose as a "designated rusher"