gitarlvr Says:

December 1st, 2010 at 1:12 pm
@Pete Dutcher- White has had an eight sack season as his career best. I shouldn’t have to tell you how much better that is than any of the current defensive ends. Stylez is by far the best DE on the team right now. McCoy playing at an elite level like he has started to do the last couple games is going to result in more production from Stylez. He should eclipse that eight sack mark if McCoy keeps on collapsing the pocket for him over the last five games. Being 31 years old is the only cause for concern for him. But he is cheap. Bennett and Crowder really don’t have the talent to even reach White’s level. They will never be anything more than rotational players. Im sure the Bucs will have Stylez starting alongside whoever they sign or draft at DE next year.

White is 31 years old. As vet depth, it’s worth keeping him another year, but he should not be starting. Why?

Because we need to find a solution (2 actually) at DE, and we won’t find that while he is in the way. Pretty soon his injuries will start piling up. I really don’t care if NOT starting him costs us games because at least we’d know something better is coming down the road.

As to his sacks…they are far from impressive. By the time McCoy truly turns it on, White will be totally useless to us. That 8 sack number is a distant memory at this point. If he were younger? Say 27? I would be more willing to keep him, but he’s not.

I would rather see undrafted FAs come in and get shots then waste the spot on White. You watch…if he gets injured someone will float to the top.

I like your idea. Moore has been a complete waste of time. Ship him to the Seahawks. Pete Carroll gave Mike Williams (the other one) a chance this past offseason after he had already been labeled a bust by everyone around. I don’t know anything about the Seahawks D-line, but if it’s a weak area of the team, I’m sure he’ll give him a shot.

As for Stylez, he’s the most productive of our ends and is much better than Bennett. He’s not anything spectacular, but he’s decent. If we were to replace him with a better option next year, I still think we should keep him as a backup and let him be the veteran of the group.

What is so great about Bennett? He has 1 sack for the whole year. WHOHOO!!

I’d have next year’s D looking like this:
DE – Lawson
DT – Price
DT – McCoy
DE – Adrian Claiborne (Iowa)/Allen Bailey (Miami) Would probably have to trade up for Claiborne.

WIL – Geno
MLB – Black
SAM – Woodley

I’ll bet you had relatives that were with Moses in the dessert and when God brought manna from heaven they complained because there wasn’t any jelly!