Kris Jenkins?

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Even if he provides an immediate upgrade to Saleve'a, he's still not what we really need on the DL.

We have a squad full of adequate veterans already. What we need to get is some potentially dominant youth.

Jenkins strikes me as overrated because his production has slipped in the years that he should have been hitting his prime. Those are the worst possible years to get injuries and can ruin an otherwise solid career. Jenkins isn't ever going to fufill the standard he set for himself in the first four years of his career and while that's hardly his fault at all, it does make him a classic case of an overrated DT.

Or, he could have another year like Cornelius Griffin did in '04. After 4 seasons in the league, people in NY said he was done there too. We don't know.

For the record, I'm on the fence with this. I just want improvement with the front four. If he's not on his last legs, and at 27 one would think he's got a fair amount of time left, it would allow us to kill two birds with one stone by drafting a defensive end, which, in my mind is the second most important need this team has to fill.

I agree about the infusion of youth, but the coaches don't seem willing to allow youth on the football field except in very rare cases. It does seem like 'more of the same' by bringing in another team's rejects, but he can't be worse than the DTs we have now.

If the front office made this move and only had to drop to #14, I could live with that.