First, there isn't a hard and fast either 3-4 or 4-3 in the first place is there?Sexymarinersfan wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 7:18 amIf they do end up going back to a 4-3 then this is a completely different conversation.. But as I stated before, Pete Carroll and John Schneider have emphasized character in the locker room. You can't tell me that Seattle would go this heavy at DT in free agency to then turn around and draft a rookie that isn't going to get any snaps and competing day one for his job. No, that's a waste of resources. Schneider and Carroll knew that they had to address this position early and hard before April because the DT position come draft day, is razor thin. They obviously have done their research on Carter. Why else do you commit this much capital to the position. Especially when you know there's a very high chance that Carter will be their on the board at 5. Character cannot be dismissed or taken for granted.ddraig wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 4:15 amI don't understand why we wouldn't take Carter with #5. You can never have too many D-Linemen. Especially if you have the chance to get an impact DT to go along with Jones! And Carter, being a rookie, wouldn't cost us all that much considering we have enough room. And perhaps, just perhaps, we go back to a 4-3 front. But even with a 3-4, having two stud DT's is a luxury! Want to compete with the Niners? How better to do it?
There is literally no other outlet to enjoy the offseason because the overarching narrative is Geno is the quarterback for next 10 years because he has played so well, and our defense is bad and Carter will fix it. I don’t know how you even watch his tape and see something generational. If people even mention taking a quarterback at 5, or even trading up, they immediately start chanting “shun! shun!”
Chsnging topics, I noticed a few days ago that the NFL just made 2 positive decisions for us regarding the draft. The criteria was met in the Steelers trade for Ahkello Witherspoon a couple years ago so we get an extra 5th rd. pick.
And we didn’t play or keep CB John Reid from the Texans long enough a year or more ago to have to send them a 7th round pick. So now we do have 2 5th rounders and a 7th, when a week ago we didn’t have a 7th and only one 5th rounder. Great news!
So now we have 2 #1s, 2 #2s, 1 #3, 1 #4, 2 #5s, 1 #6 and 1#7. That’s a total of 10 picks. Gives JS some more options to move up either day 2 or early day 3 for a high rated player that fell, or just fill out the roster more to cut players like JA and others after June 1.
In terms of Carter, depends on how you define character I think. Really, it's not like he beat his gf or something.