Basis4day":1um228xh said:
A-Dog":1um228xh said:
Yes, the past two years our championship runs ended when Avril was off the field due to injury and we did not have an adequate replacement. We won the title the year before and Avril had an MVP-type game. So now we're in the same situation, giving Avril too many snaps, not having an adequate replacement, everyone is a year older AND the mediocre replacement we had (Irvin) will be gone too.
Irvin really only played one season as a DE/LEO and that was his rookie year. After that he moved to SAM, so i'm not really sure how Irvin fits into your opinion.
We can always use more pass rush, but i think the edge isn't where any potential FA dollars need to go to have success. We need more interior rush to collapse the pocket. Hopefully we'll get that with Clark and perhaps a resurgence of Hill and whatever happens in the draft.
I'd love to have Williams, but again, you're calling him THE target for the Hawks. Does paying another DE a lot of money when you have an angry Bennett really help he team with a lot of holes in other areas (O-Line)?
Irvin played SAM but also moved down onto the line at times on passing downs as an edge rusher.
I agree, inside rush is our biggest hole on the line, but outside rush is also something we need more depth at. Remember the Superb Owl season when we had Bennett, Avril, Irvin, and Clemons and how unstoppable they were? That's what we need to get back to, and that takes at least 4 capable pass rushers to sustain. Plus because of Bennett's versatility in a sense adding an edge rusher also bolsters the inside rush because Bennett is so effective inside and it would allow him to play more inside, where according to PFF Bennett was more effective than he was on the edge. So adding Williams allows you to play Bennett where he's more effective more often, and spell Avril more often as well. Best of both worlds.