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I wouldn't trade him. It's possible we could get cheaper and better across the DL through a trade, it's also possible we have a collection of average players and absolutely no-one on that line that can get to the QB.
At present we have Jones and a collection of dead bodies. Clark going frees up some money to get cheaper, younger and better. No, it won't be an elite DE, we can't afford those anyway, but it will be an improvement - an Omenihu type. IMO we then need 2 things, a genuine nose tackle and a fast/bendy situational pass-rusher at DE. There will absolutely be the latter at the back end of the first in the draft. They won't be stout against the run but we won't need them to be. There will also be nose tackle options in the 3rd and 4th, they just won't be more than giant lumps, that's fine.
Jones alongside a fattie, plus a fast rusher and an Omenihu type gives us a line that is harder to run on and might actually get to the QB. That could easily be middle of the pack, which is what we need, especially if Karlaftis improves upon a pass-rush win rate of, what, 11%, which we better hope he does.
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