What is the biggest position we need fixed?

[Giantslb66]

The DEFENSE

[GiantRoc]

Sorry SAM & MIKE have to be fixed. There is little run stopping from them and not much in zone coverage. If Locklear can't come back, then RT is next. I think DL & DE are in house. Time for them to step up. CB 3rd. Then Guards.

[Toadofsteel]

Am I really the only person that has ANY concern about protecting Eli? Everyone keeps bringing up the DL, LB, and CB... am I the ONLY person left that still thinks OL is our greatest need?

[Sovereign]

OL becomes our biggest need if Beatty leaves. Diehl is a turnstile, whoever replaces him is already better. Eli was sacked like 15 times or something It was much worse in 2011 and Eli didn't get hurt did he? If Beatty stays we're fine.

[Carter.525]

Am I really the only person that has ANY concern about protecting Eli? Everyone keeps bringing up the DL, LB, and CB... am I the ONLY person left that still thinks OL is our greatest need?

I want D myself.. but if Warmack or Lane Johnson is there.. I AM DOWN..!!

[TCHOF]

I want a stud OL in the first or a player that will upgrade our pass rush.

[Toadofsteel]

OL becomes our biggest need if Beatty leaves. Diehl is a turnstile, whoever replaces him is already better. Eli was sacked like 15 times or something It was much worse in 2011 and Eli didn't get hurt did he? If Beatty stays we're fine.

I'll agree that it is not AS MUCH of a need if we get Beatty. If Locklear somehow fully recovers I would be on board with Beatty/Locklear as the tackles, but I don't hold out much hope there. Brewer is pretty much a bust if he can't even snag playing time from the current iteration of Diehl.

Eli's sack count went down this year almost entirely due to his pocket presence. Similarly to 2010, Eli would throw a ball away or sometimes force it (much to our chagrin whenever it got picked) rather than take the sack.

The point that bothers me though, is that you said it was brutal in 2011 (which it was) and you said "Eli didn't get hurt then did he"... Yeah he seems to be made of that stuff Nintendo makes their game consoles out of, but I don't really want to test it all that much.

[blueribbon]

Defense - DT, CB, MLB
Offense - OL, TE, RB

[GentleGiant]

OL becomes our biggest need if Beatty leaves. Diehl is a turnstile, whoever replaces him is already better. Eli was sacked like 15 times or something It was much worse in 2011 and Eli didn't get hurt did he? If Beatty stays we're fine.

That tells more about how tough Eli is than how good the o line is.

[Flip Empty]

"Toughness" isn't a quantifiable attribute. It's not something that can be relied upon. Everyone gets hurt.