Elky Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 (edited) With the addition of Chase Young, all four starters on their defensive line were drafted in the first round. Has this ever been accomplished? How do you think they will finish 2020? Considering they finished with just one less sack than the Super Bowl runner-ups despite rarely having leads, this defensive line while being coached by Rivera could be a an absolute nightmare for quarterbacks. Edited April 27, 2020 by Elky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Smithers Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Don’t the 49ers have Armstead, Thomas, Bosa and Ford? And they had Buckner too? 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Kip Smithers said: Don’t the 49ers have Armstead, Thomas, Bosa and Ford? And they had Buckner too? You can add Kinlaw to the list, but yes you're right... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Kip Smithers said: Don’t the 49ers have Armstead, Thomas, Bosa and Ford? And they had Buckner too? 25 minutes ago, ET80 said: You can add Kinlaw to the list, but yes you're right... If you want to get technical, DJ Jones is a starter on the team's front as a 6th round pick. He played and started 11 games last year before his injury as the 1-tech. Dee Ford doesn't really start. Dee Ford only started 2 games last year and Solomon Thomas started 3 (mostly when DJ was out). That being said, that's technical, and we don't know how the actual starting front 4 will go for Washington. But in the spirit of what he is asking, the 49ers are set up similarly, though I don't want to undercut DJ's importance as he does typically play 40-50% of the teams defensive snaps which is greater than both Thomas and Ford and starts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elky Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 I'll up the ante: has a team ever filled their defensive line with their own first round picks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeotheLion Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 2015 Rams had Chris Long, Robert Quinn, Michael Brockers, and Aaron Donald. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakuvious Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Pats had several years of a first round drafted front three, with Seymour, Wilfork, and Warren. If you want it to be 4 players, McGinnest played a rush OLB role at the same time. EDIT: 2012 Chiefs had Dorsey, Poe, and Jackson, along with Hali as a purely rush OLB (throw in DJ as another first rounder on that front 7.) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTTRDynasty Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 30 minutes ago, Elky said: I'll up the ante: has a team ever filled their defensive line with their own first round picks? Yes, but none with 4 straight. It'll be interesting to see who Del-Rio starts at 3-tech: Jonathan Allen or Matt Ioannidis (5th round pick). Matty I. was our best defensive lineman last year, and even though he saw the highest amount of double-teams on our DL, he was still a beast. But "starting" doesn't really matter. It'll be a rotation, and they'll likely all play around the same amount of snaps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
43M Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 In 2011 and 2012, Steelers had 3 first rounders on our DLine (Cameron Heyward, Casey Hampton, Ziggy Hood) Unfortunately, Hampton was starting to decline at that point and Ziggy was never more than average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReadyToThump Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Forge said: If you want to get technical, DJ Jones is a starter on the team's front as a 6th round pick. He played and started 11 games last year before his injury as the 1-tech. Dee Ford doesn't really start. Dee Ford only started 2 games last year and Solomon Thomas started 3 (mostly when DJ was out). That being said, that's technical, and we don't know how the actual starting front 4 will go for Washington. But in the spirit of what he is asking, the 49ers are set up similarly, though I don't want to undercut DJ's importance as he does typically play 40-50% of the teams defensive snaps which is greater than both Thomas and Ford and starts. DJ Jones dominated the Packers in their first matchup last year. He is not a player to forget about, that's for sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aceinthehouse Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 We actually have 5. Ryan Kerrigan was our 1st Rd pick. And will be a DE in our 43. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indifference Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 They’ll have amongst one of the best pass rush in the league. Going to be a stingy D and should be top 15. Their offense is going to make them worse than #s will indicate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttitansfan4life Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 So what’s the plan with Kerrigan? Bench? Or is one of Sweat or Young starting on the bench? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamblinMan99 Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Jonathan Allen is beyond disappointing. I really had high hopes for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTTRDynasty Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 45 minutes ago, ttitansfan4life said: So what’s the plan with Kerrigan? Bench? Or is one of Sweat or Young starting on the bench? Young will definitely start. I think Sweat will start over Kerrigan, but it's hard to know for sure at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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