Hawks46":377dxa2l said:
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Can Tuck play inside and outside? Can Tuck play in this system?
Tuck made his hay playing inside and outside in a Superbowl against a certain undefeated team led by Tom Brady. The Giants defense wasn't all that good on the backend that year, but hte DL was elite.
Kind of like how all of the sudden everyone wants to emulate our defense, when the huge underdog Giants beat the juggernaut Patriots, teams started putting a larger value on DL and getting to the QB from all positions on the line. A big part of this was Tuck being able to move inside and having Umenyiora coming from the outside. When the Giants drafted JPP, Tuck moved inside a lot more.
I was unaware that Wagner and Tuck were cousins. That's very interesting and pretty cool. I basically posted this topic because Tuck and Bennett are almost mirror images of eachother, except that Bennett has Tuck by about 6 lbs or so (Tuck is listed at 268, Bennett 274). I wonder if family ties would entice him to come out, or if he's happy as a Giant.
First and foremost, I wasn't going to point out the hypocrisy in this thread from your view in the Bennett/Hardy thread but alas I cannot help myself.
2ndly, I love how you're all over Tuck, who is 6'5, 268. Yet, you act like 6-6, 270 pound Jared Allen and 6'4, 290 Greg Hardy would be totally worthless against the run.
With that said, Tuck would be a good option for the 2nd LE0 role formerly played by Brock, Irvin, and Avril but because Tuck has already has 2 rings, he's likely to follow the money. However, if we miss out on Bennett.
I hope we can just use that money to extend Avril beyond this season.
Restructure with a pay cut and keep Clemons.
Restructure with a pay cut and keep Bryant.
Re-Sign McDaniel and McDonald.
And then just draft another pass-rush DT, and just give lots of attention in developing Scruggs, Brooks, and Hill. And make a competition out of it. We might not be as good as we would have been with Bennett, but with Quinn in his 2nd year and a lot of our younger guys another year older thus another year wiser the D could just get better within itself whether or not if we have Bennett.