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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
The Colts defense wasn't incredibly talented apart from Leonard. The Ravens defense had skill, but not THAT much skill.
Playing team defense is critical. These guys can easily play above their raw talent level if they buy in and gel. An elite guy who freelances all the time can be more damaging that someone who's just low on talent but is at least sound within the system.
Defenses are designed to be redundant. A lot of times you have help if you screw up but you have to play the defense as designed to get that help.
If the coaching takes and the defense plays as a cohesive unit, they can be really good.
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This is kinda why I'm just not sure on the "Pay Chris Jones what he's worth" thing.
The picks and such they could get from him would be pretty helpful in rounding out the defense and such. Plus the money.
I think i'd probably see how things go this year. If a guy like Saunders shows that he can be say 80% of Jones, i'd probably pull the chute and see what I could get for Jones.