Mike Mayock top 20 and position rankings..

Lol....

Comparing Ayers to Kevin Carter is ridiculous. Carter was a dominant player in college. His 42.5 career tackles for loss and 21.5 quarterback sacks BLOW AWAY Ayers. His last season in college he had 11.5 sacks. He played the run and the pass! Ayers is not really a pass rusher at DE.

The fact that Carter has played so long has dropped his avg sacks for his career. How many sacks did he have in the prime of his career (first six years)....Ill give you a hint...<cough>SIXTY-TWO<cough>

I'm pretty sure that's an average of 10 per season for six years. Ayers couldn't even hit 10 sacks ONCE in college.

And you're entitled to your opinion...even if it's wrong.

Gut

 

Well...

I totally disagree! KVB has been a very good run stopping DE for the Titans. The only real time I saw him over pursue was a bit last year. It was especially noticeable a few times in the playoff game. But I'd say he's one of the top complete DE's and he's a little better against the run than he is against the pass.

Do you or do you not want to compare him to Carter? If you do, you need to explain the complete difference in college stats and how Carter was a dominant pass rusher his first 5-7 yrs while Ayers hasn't been a dominant pass rusher in any season. And BTW, one of Ayers' sacks in the Senior Bowl was the QB's fault...it was a screen play but the DT coming up the middle jumped to knock the ball down so the QB ate it. Hardly 'beating' the LT when ur let go.

Considering we already have TBrown and Jovan Haye AND JJones...we don't need Ayers to slide inside on passing downs. And JJones and Ayers look to be the same player....run stopping LDE's who can slide inside and pass rush at DT. Problem is, we already have that. I'm not saying Ayers can't become an Aaron Kampman, but the odds are HEAVILY stacked against it so it's too big of a boom/bust pick for me.

Gut

 

Would love Butler to be there for us....