Defensive Tackle

DEs are always the biggest gamble... it takes most 3 years to figure out if they're any good...

Criss Clemons was comming along nicley in pass rushing situations.

I thought both he and Demetric Evans?? were pretty quick off of the corner!

With the losses of Smoot and Pierce of defense, I am not convinced that we can settle with the guys we've got on defense. I think Walt Harris is a decent replacement for Smoot, but he's aging and quite simply, not Smoot. Pierce was the quarterback of the defense and I'm concerned about Marshall's ability to pick up where Pierce left off.

Though I have faith in Williams, I still believe we need at least one more good starter on defense to make up for the losses of two Pro-Bowl caliber defenders.

Ramseyfan "With the losses of Smoot and Pierce of defense, I am not convinced that we can settle with the guys we've got on defense."

I agree, Gibbs has continued to state he plans to upgrade the dline, and he's been keeping snyder on a lease so far so we may get Hovan because it will be just the move that will satisfy snyder's need to splurge. I would rather like to see us adrress this issue in the draft in another post I stated that we should draft Larry Burt out of Miami of Ohio. He's a huge run stuffer (6'4 299) and would fall into the rotation nicely.

Salave'a and Noble are fine rotating next to Griffin. I agree that if we draft/pick up anyone for anything more than depth on the D-line, it should be a quick DE.