^^^This guy gets it^^^
Walter Nolen is every bit the game changing and complete 3 TECHNIQUE that Jalen Carter was at the same point in his career.
I understood Ryan Poles passing on Jalen Carter because of the controversy around him, the need for multiple offensive linemen, and the fact that they still really at square one of a rebuild and the DT position tends to come with an average shelf life of around 2 years. So I get going in a different direction.
This time around is a whole new ballgame. Walter Nolen is THAT guy. Your defensive vehicle is all built. It's time to drop a Big Block motor under the hood and watch this defense tear it up.
You watch any Eagles game including the SB and you clearly see the impact that a 3 TECHNIQUE of Carters caliber is going to have on your defense.
Running the ball on the interior is off the table. Carter either blows up the entire play, or OCs double and sometimes even triple team the bastard and the Eagles DEs benefit greatly. The Eagles do have good DEs but neither one are great/elite. Carter makes that entire Eagles defense a brutal unit. You don't see that from Dexter. Not even close.
Walter Nolen is the same caliber player as Jalen Carter was heading into the draft, and is the right player, right position at the right time for the Bears without the off the field headache that Carter came with.
Do not let a player like Nolen slip through your fingers.