Dayo is probably not even considered a top 20 edge. His pay is about 20th, and that's pay from free agency, which is slightly inflated. He's essentially an average starter and was more-so signed out of need than anything else. Not even our own fan base is really excited by him. We all realize what he is. His signing was graded accordingly, average to poor by a lot of pundits. He's proven nothing in the NFL in his 4 years to warrant not having competition for his job.
Jackson has played less games/snaps in the past 3 years than Teven, who we all were tired of for missing time. It's not just one injury. I'm one of the people who didn't come here to say the Jackson trade sucked. I like Jackson and hope he does well. I think he's great if he's healthy. But, I'm not going to pretend there's not risk with his injuries in the last 3 years. I hope he's healthy and stays healthy for a long time. The odds are probably not in his favor. Again, the point is we need to start lining up the next to guy to take over. I don't need a guard in the first though, so I don't really care to debate him.
Should the Lions be interested in bringing back Jonah Jackson given his injury history?
I think Thuney is fine, but contending teams don't trade their team MVPs for no reason. They could have easily made the money work to keep him. Again, we have to be realistic. He will turn 33 this season. It's obvious that he's unlikely to have a lot of years left. Tyronn Smith is a 5 time allpro LT, former top 10 pick, and he's a free agent now cause he's 34. Zach Martin was a superstar guard, 9 time all pro, and just retired at 34. C'mon... I don't know why we have to even discuss this. The writing is on the wall here. I think Thuney is great and I'm happy he's here. He's an upgrade and I think he provides so much leadership value for this team, but the Bears would be making a big mistake if they aren't thinking about grooming his replacement already. I'm not saying he sucks. I'm saying we all know where he is in his career.
For the logic of DT, a strength of this draft is also TE, so you can probably grab one later as well. Historically, it's much easier to find a top end TE in round 3 than a top end DT in round 3. All pro and Pro Bowls are dominated by DTs selected on Day 1. The only real exception is Jones, who was selected at the top of the 2nd only cause he had behavioral concerns. That cannot be said about TE. In the past 5 years, there has been only one all pro TE from the 1st. There have been 4 3rd rounders, 1 2nd, and 3 5ths. For DT, Chris Jones has made all 5 and there's one 3rd round pick. The other 14 all pro DTs are all 1st round picks.
