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Losing Brown will hurt. There is absolutely no way to sugar coat that. They will definitely have to change to a much more active, fast, one gap pressure sort of technique as we don’t really have that big thick guy to plug the line.
imteying to remember which coach it was -years ago like Borman Hand era- who was talking about your big guys who you can anchor your middle of the D line are generally lower drafted guys who have to come in and spend some years in the nfl maturing and building massive strength and size. Very few kids out of college have that size and strength, and the DTs that do get drafted are usually your pass rushers, not your anchors on the line. They are also generally cheaper and float around the league.
Agree on Brown.
Norman Hand (RIP), loved the guy, when he was under 330 he was pretty much unstoppable. The problem is as the season went on and the rigors of TC wore off he gained weight leading to foot issues and his production plummeted....I would almost never draft a very large DT in the 1st round, it is a huge risk....you can get good ones in the later rounds due to this is my belief....