This kind of reach at 19 is why trading for a DE now, even if it costs some draft pick(s), isn’t crazy. Bralen Trice is a big, strong body and a good run-stopper, but his biggest weakness right now is pass rushing, especially if his initial bull rush doesn’t work.
As for other prospects, guys like Dallas Turner and Chop Robinson are a little small for what we like, and Laiatu Latu has a scary injury history with his neck. Maybe Jared Verse will pop in the later half of the college football season, but ever since he put on weight to move from 250 lbs to 260, he’s been slow and (mostly) ineffective. Unless a lesser-known prospect emerges later in the process, I don’t see a slam dunk DE prospect sitting there waiting for us.
If we can trade for a talented pass rusher who fits our system, like Danielle Hunter, Montez Sweat, Chase Young, etc., and then sign him to an extension, I’d do it. It really seems like we’re a premiere pass rusher away from being a big boy defense.
This kind of reach at 19 is why trading for a DE now, even if it costs some draft pick(s), isn’t crazy. Bralen Trice is a big, strong body and a good run-stopper, but his biggest weakness right now is pass rushing, especially if his initial bull rush doesn’t work.
As for other prospects, guys like Dallas Turner and Chop Robinson are a little small for what we like, and Laiatu Latu has a scary injury history with his neck. Maybe Jared Verse will pop in the later half of the college football season, but ever since he put on weight to move from 250 lbs to 260, he’s been slow and (mostly) ineffective. Unless a lesser-known prospect emerges later in the process, I don’t see a slam dunk DE prospect sitting there waiting for us.
If we can trade for a talented pass rusher who fits our system, like Danielle Hunter, Montez Sweat, Chase Young, etc., and then sign him to an extension, I’d do it. It really seems like we’re a premiere pass rusher away from being a big boy defense.