The Bucs believe they selected a player who has a chance to develop into an effective pass rusher.
He led the team with 13 quarterback sacks during the championship season and was the club's best pass rusher with 6.5 last year.
WSJ: NFL Suspends Four New Orleans Saints, Including Jonathan Vilma, for Season
When 49ers star pass rusher Aldon Smith was close to sacking him, he was able to quickly dump the ball off to Rice for no gain.
WSJ: Super Bowl XLVII: Baltimore Ravens Have Just Enough Power to Beat San Francisco 49ers
The Bears will attempt to build a defense around the slightly younger core of star linebacker Lance Briggs, turnover-magnet defensive back Charles Tillman and star pass rusher Julius Peppers.
WSJ: Chicago Bears, Brian Urlacher: The Urlacher Era Is Over in Chicago
The Miami Dolphins shocked the league by trading their first and second round picks to Oakland for the third overall pick, which they used on Oregon pass rusher Dion Jordan.
According to the website Pro Football Focus, Moore has one sack, three hits and five hurries on 29 blitzes this season, making him the second-most productive pass rusher among all safeties.
Osi Umenyiora, their premier pass rusher before Pierre-Paul (16.5 sacks for the season) burst out, returned after a four game hiatus (due to a high ankle sprain) and looked downright fierce, sacking Romo twice.
He is somebody that when he reaches his full potential, I think he could be a tremendous pass rusher and somebody that will be able to change the game at the defensive end position.
Since it's generally accepted that quarterback, left tackle (who blocks the quarterback's blind side) and defensive end (the big pass rusher) are the premier positions in the game, managers feel pressured to draft them high in order to keep big salaries tied to those positions.
Besides being an accomplished pass-rusher who's collecting 84.5 sacks over his career, including 14 in 2011, Suggs is especially good at one of the dark arts of linebacking: reading where the ball is going to go.
应用推荐