ravidubey
DCC 4Life
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Don't be dissing my boy DLaw :)Suh is a better player, that's what you're referring to.
Hardy fits a position that is a bigger need. That's pass rushing DE. We at least have an interior guy with some rushing ability in Crawford. Which is basically the spot Suh would play in our defense. Now Suh is obviously a huge upgrade but that's not the point. We have no DE currently who is capable of sniffing 10 sacks. Our best hope on the current roster is Lawrence. He looked good in the playoffs but I'm certainly not going to jump the gun on him just yet. He still had 0 regular season sacks last year.
I think the positional need is conventional thinking and too simplistic. Recall that Hardy went from being good to a total animal after Star Lotulelei and Kawann Short joined the Panthers-- it's no coincidence. Numbers are bullshit, for the most part. We don't need 15 sacks from an LDE. We need a consistent defense.
Suh more than another other single player could have made every team we face 1-dimensional, like the Colts were in Dallas.
With Suh playing nose tackle/1 technique, the QB has a hard time stepping up to escape pressure. This makes Lawrence and Mincy (or whoever the LDE ends up being) better players. But it also makes Sean Lee and the entire secondary MUCH better.
A 1-dimensional team could have the greatest passing game on the planet, but they can't keep the defense honest and the QB can't step up to escape pressure, so they can't compete against a balanced offense like Dallas.