All of this tracks. Lions either need to find an elite pass rusher, and just let Hutch be a good pass rusher and elite edge contain, or get stronger up the middle and let him sell out on pass rushing. They drafted him as the best all around edge, and so far he has been that, but they haven't helped him. James Houstons injury makes things worse
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teams these days have multiple guys in the front 7 that you have to account for. Parsons is a freak and the best player in football, but it's just not him in Dallas- that front 7 is nasty AF and deep. Aaron Donald is the best d-tackle I've ever seen and he didn't win a Super Bowl until they got him some more help with Leonard Floyd and Von Miller. Von Miller was at his absolute prime in Denver when he also had guys around him like DeMarcus Ware, Shaq Barrett, Malik Jackson, Bradley Chubb, and Derek Wolfe. The Eagles entire front 7 is a whole ass unit of
DUDES. 49ers have always had
dudes in the front 7 since day one that Nick Bosa has been there- Arik Armstead, DeForrest Buckner, Dre Greenlaw, Fred Warner.
Detroit has freaking NOTHING in the front 7 man. It's a gd joke. They are getting absolutely
nothing from Charles Harris and Romeo Okwara. Second year players Josh Paschal and James Houston are both on IR. The game has always been won with the front 7 on defense and the OL on offense. Their front 7 is
hot garbage. Their best LB is...Alex Anzalone? Get. The. Fk. Out. Their d-tackles are mid. Can't stop the run for shit last year and instead of addressing that in the draft or F/A....they don't. Should've taken Jalen Carter at 6 and Mazi Smith at 18 and built from the inside out. Carter is a fcking ANIMAL and disruptor in the middle and Smith is a 6'3, 339 pound true NG who can occupy two blockers and free up backers and edge rushers.
They screwed the pooch on the draft. This is a completely different looking defense if you have Jalen Carter and Mazi Smith right next to each other in the middle of that defense with Hutch out at EDGE for the next 10 years. What could've been. If there's one thing you can count on, it's the Lions screwing up a draft somehow.
