I prefer Montez, as much potential as Young has he can never stay healthy and was never able to establish a groove as a pass rusher. Montez Sweat is a veteran presence that provides a consistent pass rush, good run defense on the edge, and is constantly churning to generate pressure. With us grabbing two young interior lineman and having a pure pass rusher on the other side I think getting a stabilizing presence with a no nonsense vet as a mentor would be better.
This is something we can’t forget. Poles but a good portion of our draft capital into the secondary and the only one who has consistently stayed healthy is Stevenson, a 2nd round rookie CB. Our O Line has also seen every starter except Wright go down for at least a game, and it took Eberflus two games of shoddy snapping/blocking by Whitehair to notice he is struggling at guard, let alone as a backup center. People think Justin being out gave our offense a rhythm, which was true, but Bagent was taking the easy throws against weak defenses which exposed him once he had to go deeper into tighter windows. The biggest problem with coaching was the piss poor tackling to start the year which literally comes down to coaching by our DC before he disappeared after an FBI investigation and our HC took a month to get them to league level. This coaching is such a mess, I don’t feel comfortable evaluating any of the players if they have managed to show any flash of potential.