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[quote=Longtimefan;787889]The Redskins officials conducting the interview included Snyder. Interesting when you're talking about a player projected to be less than a 1st round pick.

[url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/3-4-defense/baylors-phil-taylor-attracts-r.html?wprss=redskinsinsider]Redskins Insider - Baylor's Phil Taylor attracts Redskins' interest[/url][/quote]

He won't be selected 10th overall, that's for sure. Not a dominating prospect in my opinion.

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[quote=diehard;787892]He won't be selected 10th overall, that's for sure. Not a dominating prospect in my opinion.[/quote]

I agree.......just thought Snyder was out of the business of conducting interviews.

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[quote=Longtimefan;787889]The Redskins officials conducting the interview included Snyder. Interesting when you're talking about a player projected to be less than a 1st round pick.

[url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/3-4-defense/baylors-phil-taylor-attracts-r.html?wprss=redskinsinsider]Redskins Insider - Baylor's Phil Taylor attracts Redskins' interest[/url][/quote]

Taylors good, but like the article said, he is a late first round pick and 10 is too high for us to take him, and and 42 is too low.

I think Kenrick Ellis and Jerrell Powe are just as good as Taylor, and just as capable of playing the NT position effectively as he would.

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NT is a very hard position to pick, it's like drawing straws. Most drafts NTs Are 50-50

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[quote=skinsfaninok;787940]NT is a very hard position to pick, it's like drawing straws. Most drafts NTs Are 50-50[/quote]

I think Steve Young said it best, to paraphrase him, DT (or NT) is a position in which desire determines success as much as anything. I know that could be said of any position, but the point he was making is that DT/NT's can have a thankless job, getting double-teamed, ending up on the bottom of a pile of 300+ lb. men. It would be easy to give up on many plays at that position, and that's what a lot of them get a bad rep for, e.g. Rogers, Haynesworth to name a couple. Taylor has the same rep to some degree.

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[quote=freddyg12;787962]I think Steve Young said it best, to paraphrase him, DT (or NT) is a position in which desire determines success as much as anything. I know that could be said of any position, but the point he was making is that DT/NT's can have a thankless job, getting double-teamed, ending up on the bottom of a pile of 300+ lb. men. It would be easy to give up on many plays at that position, and that's what a lot of them get a bad rep for, e.g. Rogers, Haynesworth to name a couple. Taylor has the same rep to some degree.[/quote]

Well Haynesworth is not a 3-4 NT. And the team either needs to get a 3-4 NT veteran (but not another Kemo) or develop one from the draft.

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[quote=Ruhskins;787974]Well Haynesworth is not a 3-4 NT. And the team either needs to get a 3-4 NT veteran (but not another Kemo) or develop one from the draft.[/quote]

Agreed, though Bryant was a pleasant surprise late last year.

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[quote=Ruhskins;787974]Well Haynesworth is not a 3-4 NT. And the team either needs to get a 3-4 NT veteran (but not another Kemo) or develop one from the draft.[/quote]

I think Bryant could be what we are looking for. Get a serviceable FA NT or a late round project NT to rotate in with Bryant and I think we will be okay. We have so many needs I'd like to see them address with higher picks elsewhere. Or if we can get a steal for the NT kid from Baylor I'd be okay with that too.

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[url=http://blogs.nfl.com/2011/03/08/arkansas-qb-mallett-runs-40-at-pro-day/]NFL.com Blogs » Blog Archive Arkansas QB Mallett runs 40 at pro day «[/url]

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[quote=SkinzWin;787991]I think Bryant could be what we are looking for. [B]Get a serviceable FA NT or a late round project NT[/B] to rotate in with Bryant and I think we will be okay. We have so many needs I'd like to see them address with higher picks elsewhere. Or if we can get a steal for the NT kid from Baylor I'd be okay with that too.[/quote]

I think that the NT is the most important position in a 3-4. What this means is that you want more than a "serviceable" NT IMHO. To have a dominant 3-4 means having a dominant NT, not a "serviceable" NT. Sure, you can have a vanilla joe for rotational depth, but your #1 guy should be a monster.

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[quote=skinsfaninok;788042][URL="http://blogs.nfl.com/2011/03/08/arkansas-qb-mallett-runs-40-at-pro-day/"]NFL.com Blogs » Blog Archive Arkansas QB Mallett runs 40 at pro day «[/URL][/quote]

damn that's slow...

but he's not going to earn his pay running around so no big deal

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He's a slow Byron Leftwich. His release may be quicker than BL's though. Mallet does not look like a west coast qb. Al Davis is the most likely to nab him in the 1st round, unless he still is high on JC.

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[quote=Lotus;788060]I think that the NT is the most important position in a 3-4. What this means is that you want more than a "serviceable" NT IMHO. To have a dominant 3-4 means having a dominant NT, not a "serviceable" NT. Sure, you can have a vanilla joe for rotational depth, but your #1 guy should be a monster.[/quote]

This seems to be an opinion that some analysts have voiced too, though I can't recall exactly who. It makes sense, a dominant NT makes the O mismatched right from/at the snap.

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[quote=Lotus;788060]I think that the NT is the most important position in a 3-4. What this means is that you want more than a "serviceable" NT IMHO. To have a dominant 3-4 means having a dominant NT, not a "serviceable" NT. Sure, you can have a vanilla joe for rotational depth, but your #1 guy should be a monster.[/quote]

Agreed. What we had last year were serviceable nose tackles. Time to find a stud.

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[quote=freddyg12;788064][B]He's a slow Byron Leftwich[/B]. His release may be quicker than BL's though. Mallet does not look like a west coast qb. Al Davis is the most likely to nab him in the 1st round, unless he still is high on JC.[/quote]


Byron was fast?