Wenhawk":w31ihb3c said:
I think McDaniel will be cheaper and fills a role we don't have on the roster. McDonald despite his stats was on the bubble of our roster and was cut once. I want to keep both but we need to keep at least one giant 330lb body on our DL, losing Bryant and McDaniel would make games against SF much much harder to stop their running game. I think Bennett could play inside more if McDonal leaves and Scruggs and Hill are both more penetrating DT's than cloggers.
Trust me, it's almost all I think about is SF and how to keep beating them. For being as dominant as we were in the playoffs, we barely won the division in all honesty. SF is still good, and they'll probably get better.
Thing about SF is, we don't really need that "330lb body" to stop the run. Bennett grades out very close to Bryant against the run. It's nice to get Bigs on Bigs against SF, but look at what beat them in the NFCCG: penetration. It's what has always beat them, but they will wear smaller, quicker DL's out eventually. What keeps us great against their run is quality depth and rotation. (think about the games Rocky Bernard had against mostly the same OL a few years back).
McDaniel is stout against the run, but he goes up against Iupati and he weighs about 295. Bring McDonald in and it's a different story, and both guys retain enough steam to get to the QB when needed. Rotation isn't difficult against SF as they don't run a lot of hurry up (I'm not sure Kap is capable of it at a high level).
I'd like to sign both guys, but I think McDonald is gone; he had too good of a year and he'll get paid somewhere. I think we keep one of those guys and we'll have competition with Scruggs, Williams, Hill, Brooks ? (the guy that came in vs. Atlanta and played well), and maybe a rookie.
I'm also intrigued by how Scruggs will look. He's bigger, but he still had the speed at 285 to play the edge before he got hurt, It was a pleasant surprise when he was able to play well inside, With Quinn running the defense, I can see him improving even more.