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Yeah, this is the issue. We had no pressure from the outside at all last year and had to rely on a lot of blitzes to get to the QB at all. That's fine sometimes, but if you rely on that, you're going to get burned on the back end too.gabbert sucks, no doubt.
but we didnt get pressure AT ALL all season, its not just this game.
derrick morgan had 0.5(!) sacks and i think orakpo had 1.5.... and they both retired.... edge is a huge issue. at least 1 opposite landry is needed, regardless of how the week 17 game went.
2 combined sacks from our starting 2 edge rushers is worse than terrible.....
Landry looks to be good, but he needs to step up. Wake is not even close to a long term answer. Correa is fine against the run, but not a pass rusher, and Finch was just marginally ok as rotational backup.
We don't just need depth at edge, we need a starter. And edge is one of those positions you don't really find starters at in the mid/late rounds. Those guys are generally only found in the top 2 rounds because that position requires so much physical ability.
Interior DL, on the other hand, can be found in the mid-rounds. Casey himself was a 3rd rounder. Also, you rarely need more than 1 or 2 DL who can rush the passer because most of those big body guys come off the field in nickel packages anyways. You need more of a OLB/DE hybrid type in our defensive scheme, not an Aaron Donald.