Quinn had back issues that amounted in surgery. You can tell for years it took him a while to feel comfortable again. Quinn outplayed him in the second half and playoff game. He was coming back into himself and getting comfortable with the D. Longacre will fail us as a starter at OLB. There is a reason he doesn’t start a game or do situational pass rush in the beginning of games... he is very good at situational pass rush plays where he has fresh legs as opposed to the OL being worn down. We need to get somebody else to create a constant pressure and production.
First of all, we don't know what Longacre can do when playing an entire game.
Secondly, one thing we DO know is that Quinn was a liability against the run. We can "blah blah blah" about pass rush all we want, but there's actually more to playing defense than that.
Frankly, I'm not sure what some of you were watching last year.
Quinn was outplayed by Longacre, who played the run better.
Quinn is not a 3-4 LB, and he was not playing up to his salary. I like the guy, and I can certainly see why Miami fans are happy about the trade.
But this is also a win for the Rams.
Having said all that, I'm not sure there's anyone in the draft that would be an adequate replacement. Perhaps there's a FA out there that would be a better and cheaper fit for us.
