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Originally Posted by HPF Bob
But you can only play two of them at a time. I understand, this adds depth and perhaps you can move Mario down to DE in obvious pass situations.
To me, this is like the Cardinals and Albert Pujols. No question Pujols is a great player and his absence leaves a hole in the Cardinals lineup but the cost to keep Pujols would keep them from upgrading other positions for a decade. They were smart to lose him, just as the Rangers were smart to get rid of A-Rod.
Likewise, the Texans will miss Mario's abilities if he goes elsewhere but his absence - if done right - allows us the freedom to upgrade elsewhere and, as we could see from Mario's injury the second half of this season, the Texans can still play very well without him.
Dealing Mario is not like dealing Hunter Pence where it is done just to dump salary. Dealing Mario is to upgrade the entire roster because of the talent we can get back and the cap flexibility it gives us.
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Look at the Giants. They have now beaten two unbeatable teams with unstoppable passing offenses in the last 4 years. There are only so many Bradys, Brees and Rodgers in the NFL. So you either have one of those guys, or you have the ability to stop one of those guys or you go home sad at the end of the year. And we don't have one of those guys and won't anytime soon. So unless we can stop those guys we won't sniff a title. And there is only one way to stop them and that is the pass rush.
The Giants this year have Kiawanuka, Unemiyora, Tuck, and Pierre-Paul and they have no problems with having too many to play at once even though all are basically DEs. In fact they didn't turn the corner defensively until Tuck came back.
There is no #2WR, LT, #2CB, #2MLB, NT, PR, or any other non-essential postion that will push us past a team like GB next year (or NE who should be much better than this year). Only an upgrade at QB or in the pass rush will do it. I don't think we have the guts to change our QB, so that leaves pass rush. It is the 2nd most important piece of a football team. When we had it in the 2nd half Sunday we neutered Flacco. When we didn't hit him for the first 25 minutes they scored 17 points.
If we are looking to make a trade because we have 3 pass rushers than we are the dumbest team in football. And if we look at our 3 pass rushers and say, "Lets get rid of the hands down best of the 3." Then the closest we'll get to a superbowl is the next time we host.