Oregon DL Derrick Harmon

He has the size they need at 6'5 310lbs.

 

A little to tall for my liking if they are lining him up at NT?

 

Wonder how Stackhouse plays NT in the third round? Any SEC/ Dawg fan comment?

 

Maybe he wouldn't be a NT in the Steelers defense.

 

We know Benton is not good at NT, If we kick him out to Larry O's DT position leaves void at NT
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They need more than one guy on the DL you can find a NT in the later rounds.

 

Regardless of who's on the board, if this guy is available I'm running over Goodell to get to the podium.

 

They barely run with 3 down lineman. They aren’t drafting him for nose. Tomlin doesn’t put alot of value in the nose position.

 

And that is the problem with the Steelers run defense.

 

Bingo .... I have been saying it for years. But Tomlin is as stubborn as they come and he does not adapt or adjust so we will continue to try to fit a square peg into a round hole. The only time our defensive line was truly effective under Tomlins scheme was when we had TUiit and Heyward in there as they both were massive and athletic and commanded double teams while also penetrating the gap. Its very difficult to find two guys like that.

Mush easier to get a 350 lb guy to plop in the middle and occupy two blockers while your smaller quick athletic DT’s penetrate or better yet bigger DT’s gap contain laterally to completely clog up the rushing lanes. But for some reason we love our DT’s to penetrate. They weren’t asked to do that under Lebeau. The ILB’s were protected under Lebeue and had a free clear to attack the run downhill. But now we employ smaller more athletic linebackers and don’t protect them and expect good results. Doesn’t make any sense to me.

 

He should!

 

He hasn’t for years. But hey lets go with smallish quick DT’s to penetrate and let the inside linebackers get mugged by blockers. Its worked so well for us.