Originally Posted by
Steelerette
Put me down for Dontari Poe instead. I mean we don't use Big Dan anyway, and since fans love to argue that the NT only plays 40% of snaps (or whatever) that means he'll get plenty of rest to stave off injuries.
It drives me insane that this team remains a base 3-4 and isn't taking Nose Tackle seriously. The whole point of the 3-4 is to have a big bad NT that lets the rest of that defense thrive, he's literally the centerpiece. Sure, we're not in base defense so much, but Poe would be very affordable at this point, let us run base defense more often, and still let Hargrave be our primary in non 3-4 formations. Signing Poe would cure so many ails, and not leave us up shit creek for run defense when an ILB gets injured.