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Originally Posted by Snell41
I'd say it's more like this
QB>>>>LT>>Rusher #1>>>>>>>>>>Rusher #2>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>CB.
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Here's the thing. For all the talk of how "great" Rex's defenses have been, we've never had a pass rusher. Not a single one. We were successful because Revis could lock down one side of the field and allow Rex to call a ton of blitzes. Ultimately a top pass rusher and a CB at Revis's level are fairly equal IMO. The issue is that there are more top pass rushers than there are CBs at Revis's level. In fact there are no other CBs in the league right now (that I can think of) at Revis's level.
Remember the last time this franchise traded away an elite talent at one of these premium positions. It was John Abraham. That was 8 years ago. And we have yet to find even one pass rusher. Remember when we finally cut ties with Aaron Glenn near the end of his career... It took us 5-6 years to find another corner in his class, and that was Revis. We went from the likes of Aaron Beasley to Derrick Strait and a whole bunch of garbage in between.
IMO, when you have an elite talent at either CB, OT, QB or a pass rusher (DE or OLB) you pay him. Period.