Philter25 said:You are exactly correct, Wright and Vickerson are more suited for a DT role. Simon also is more suited for a DT role. If you sign Simon, you basically negate your draft picks. Simon would want a 4-5 year deal here..... essentially it could be a 3 year deal with a backloaded year 4 and 5 so we can move him after 3 years..... anyways the point is if you sign him and we keep him for 3 years, you have Wright and Vickerson sitting for another 3 years.
If Wright or Vickerson have the potential to be a good starting DT, you need to test that potential. They are both signed on rookie contracts and are cheap and dont cost anything against the salary cap. Thats what good teams do. Look at the Eagles and the Pats salary cap then look at ours, it makes you sick how much certain players of ours cost against the cap and it makes you sick to see how good players on the Eagles and Pats dont make much at all.
You dont make it to the SB by overpaying for FAs and not developing your young players. We invested 2 draft picks in DTs. I would at least like to give one a shot at starting here next year.
You need more than two good DT's to have a good line with the ability to rotate and have depth, assuming Wright and Vickerson both make it(a big assumption at this point), you still need more.