DT Question

[Jakob]

Was Kyle Love the starter beside Short because Rivera liked the matchup, or have Edwards and Cole regressed so far that Love is actually ahead of them on the depth chart? Love looked horrendous (PFF also thinks so) Cole will be 36 next year and Edwards will be 35, so we might have to seriously rebuild our DT depth, next year.

 

 

[csx]

Was Kyle Love the starter beside Short because Rivera liked the matchup, or have Edwards and Cole regressed so far that Love is actually ahead of them on the depth chart? Love looked horrendous (PFF also thinks so) Cole will be 36 next year and Edwards will be 35, so we might have to seriously rebuild our DT depth, next year.

 

 

Edwards had the most snapss o all the DTs. Then Short, Love, and Cole. They rotate so much that the starter label isnt significant.

[Captain Morgan]

we need to draft one and sign a FA to rotate with Star and KK.  We'll be ok, but changes are coming.

[csx]

How did Love look in the preseason? Was it just a bad game?

[JawnyBlaze]

Wish we had kept Redden over D. Edwards.

[O-Ther]

Think Love got the start because he's younger and it was hot. Gotta take it easy on the old-timers. Plus Jacksonville had cut Love before, so he probably wanted a shot at them

[Nick_81]

Rivera named Love the starter because of what he did during camp/pre-season.  I remember hearing it in an interview.  Had nothing to do with schemes, but that he was ahead of them on the depth chart.  Regardless, we do need to look long and hard at DT options after this season.

[csx]

Edwards graded just barely better than Love with Cole just a bit above them. None of those 3 looked to play well.

[jdpanther5]

Edwards and Short together would be somewhat redundant, both provide similar attributes and both will get their time. With Short locked in as a starter it basically came down to Cole or Love next to him. I do think Love may have surpassed Cole, however. 

We definitely need to start looking for DT depth, though. Was kinda surprised we brought back both older guys this year, and I'm not sure we can count on that again next year. I'm sure Redden is still on the radar. 

[Swedish Butt-Whistle]

I am in no way a bit worried with Gettleman at the helm. Dude clearly loves his big men.

[the butch]

Changes at DT are coming, guys.  We have one more year out of this unit.  Star and KK are the only sure things--and that's only if Star is able to finish the season healthy.

[Swedish Butt-Whistle]

Don't confuse cutting the stars to cutting THE Star. He's here to STAY BABY.

[tiger7_88]

Nick Fairley is a free agent after this year.

[Man Strength]

I tHought it was pretty clear we should have made DT upgrades this past offseason, but Gettleman is "too smart" to make the obvious move.  Legit guys were going cheap.  now we have 10 mil in cap space and nobody worth spending it on.