The Mazi Smith Thread...

[Simpleton]

Yeah I'm to the point that I'm drafting a DT in the first he better be a monster or have some stupid quickness. Like Deon Walker as an example of a monster. But I don't understand why we can't draft the 300-315 pound 6'4"+ guy who can get sacks. We have to take the slightly big DE tweeners or the pure NTs.

You basically just described Bresee at the end there, I tried to tell you guys about him.

 

[Texas Ace]

Defensive tackles are not a premium position. You should not have to invest in the first.

If you do, they better be impactful.

But you have to look.

But that's the problem -- for almost two decades we treated that position along with the Safety position the way we're treating the RB position right now.

It doesn't require a 1st rounder, but it does require a quality investment and that's the balance that this organization just hasn't been able to grasp and I'm afraid that Mazi not working out will them revert to not giving a shit about the position again.

 

[Simpleton]

But that's the problem -- for almost two decades we treated that position along with the Safety position the way we're treating the RB position right now.

It doesn't require a 1st rounder, but it does require a quality investment and that's the balance that this organization just hasn't been able to grasp and I'm afraid that Mazi not working out will them revert to not giving a shit about the position again.

They've poured resources into the position honestly.

Since 2019 you have a 2nd (Hill), two 3rd's (Gallimore and Osa) and a 1st (Mazi), but there seems to be no real organizational viewpoint on what a DT is supposed to be and what you're looking for in one.

Much like the overall defensive philosophy the view of what kind of DT is needed just floats with whatever DC we have at the time to the point that the organization doesn't even seem to know what it's looking for out of the position independently.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Belichick will insist on a better front no matter how we have to do it or how big a bust Mazi is.

 

[Texas Ace]

Belichick will insist on a better front no matter how we have to do it or how big a bust Mazi is.