Superman55 said:Im bummed that I think it will be hard to pay all 3 stud dlinemen we have now.
Here's what I posted weeks ago when the topic of Williams possibly falling to the Jets was broached. At the time it seemed far-fetched, but now that its a reality the post has more relevance so I decided to paste it here.
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Its a good question because you never know, its highly unlikely he falls to 6, but anything is possible.
If it happens he would be real hard to pass on, but if we take him that means switching to a base 4-3, which is fine with me because we're talking about a super unit on the front four, and with our rebuilt secondary that spells H-E-L-L for QB's.
BASE FRONT FOUR
DE Mo Wilkerson
DT Sheldon Richardson
DT Leonard Williams
DE Quinton Coples
Or you could go Williams & Coples at the ends, Wilkerson and Sheldon inside.
SHORT YARD/GOAL LINE
DE Mo Wilkerson
DT Sheldon Richardson
DT Snacks
DE Leonard Williams
Its a great five man rotation too because Snacks can sub in for all four of them, whoever needs a blow, because all of our D-Tackles have DE versatility, so any one of them can shift outside if he subs for an end, and in todays NFL your DL's all need a blow, its too taxing in the trenches, if they play every down they'll be sucking wind in the 4th Qtr, so your 5th Man is like the Nickel in todays NFL, a quasi starter, another justification for taking Williams if he slides to 6.
Lastly, taking Williams and shifting to a base 4-3 essentially eliminates the need for a 3-4 Rush OLB. Now we can just draft a 4-3 OLB later in the draft, and those guys (unlike the 3-4 edge rushers) are not at a premium, so you can get a damn good one after the first round.