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New Jerzey Jet · 03-22-2010, 11:56 PM

As most of you know, in a 3-4 Defense the OLB's main responsibility is to rush the passer.

Bryan Thomas had two sacks this year, TWO. If we want to be a truly dominant defense, we need to get a top notch pass-rusher. People wonder why we never got pressure unless we sent the house. This is why. Getting a pass-rusher should be been our number 1 priority going into the draft. Hopefully we can pick up someone like Graham, Kindle, or Hughes in the 1st.

Bryan Thomas is a glaring weakness on our D and I don't get why no one ever brings this up.

Just for comparison here are some other OLB sack numbers:

Dumerville 17.5
Woodley 13.5
Ware 11
Banta-Cain 10
Harrison 10
Porter 9
Hali 8.5
Pace 8
Phillips 7

BT is possibly the worst starting 3-4 OLB in the league.

03-22-2010, 11:56 PM	#1
New Jerzey Jet Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,011	2 sacks from our starting OLB As most of you know, in a 3-4 Defense the OLB's main responsibility is to rush the passer. Bryan Thomas had two sacks this year, TWO. If we want to be a truly dominant defense, we need to get a top notch pass-rusher. People wonder why we never got pressure unless we sent the house. This is why. Getting a pass-rusher should be been our number 1 priority going into the draft. Hopefully we can pick up someone like Graham, Kindle, or Hughes in the 1st. Bryan Thomas is a glaring weakness on our D and I don't get why no one ever brings this up. Just for comparison here are some other OLB sack numbers: Dumerville 17.5 Woodley 13.5 Ware 11 Banta-Cain 10 Harrison 10 Porter 9 Hali 8.5 Pace 8 Phillips 7 BT is possibly the worst starting 3-4 OLB in the league.