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Originally Posted by Daseal
Let's look at the Cardinals. Two pro bowl receivers. Unlike the Ravens, they're in the super bowl. How about the other team, the Steelers. Another team with two very good receivers in Ward and Holmes.
In order to win in this league you need a balanced team. Personally, if I were building a team I'd go for a high octane offense paired with ball hawking/opportunistic defense. Make em' throw and turn em' over.
But really, the Steelers offensive line isn't that great. Baltimore seems to often choose best available talent. They didn't particularly need Suggs when he came out, but he fell to them so they hopped on him.
Everything said, I'm ready to bust this team apart and start from scratch. However, as the article mentions, the salaries we have won't allow for that to happen in a timely manner. Make each pick count, stay away from D line for now, too risky.
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You forgot to mention that the Cardinals have beneiftted from top class O-Line play during the last three weeks. Wisenhunt has gone out of his way to give credit to the O-Line during the playoff run.
Also keep in mind that out of the previous 14 Super Bowl winners only one team had a reciever with 1,200+ yards, and that was the Colts who ironically had my two most important offenisve cogs in an elite QB and a top notch O-Line.
Which brings me to the Steelers. Well you're right they don't have a great offensive line, instead they have a top notch Quarterback that is capable of running the offense. However the main reason the Steelers are in the Super Bowl is because of their defense which despite being ranked only 2 or 3 spots ahead of us is in a class of it's own. They actually remind me of the Raven's from 2001, just with a better Quarterback. So if we can get a defense that is capable of truly dominating a game then by all means we can pass up taking O-Lineman.
You're right though, balance is very important, and right now as a team we have a huge inbalance as it relates to our offensive line, in part because we've used so many draft picks on Recievers since the turn of the century. I also agree that going D-Line early in the draft right now is a little risky but if the Big 4 are gone and BJ Rali falls in our laps then I'll be more then happy to make him a Redskin.
Also I feel that if we can come away with two new starters in this draft (ie a new Guard and RT) then our offense will be exponentially better then it was last year (of course due in part to Campbells experience with the offense), and as it relates to leaving our defense alone, well from what I've seen with the exception of 2003 and 2006 our defense has managed to find a way to get the job done. Then again these things seem to happen in three's so I guess that settles it. In 2009 our defense will suck because of the number "3".