To say he would have been an important or key player in the DL line would be a stretch.
And I didn't say 4th string, I said 4th in the depth chart which is 2nd string. By any measure, he was behind Daelin Hayes and Khalid Kareem, and probably Julian Okwara for that matter, at DE which is where he wanted to play. At DT, where is probably too light to play in the pros, he was in the mix with Bonner, Tillery and Hinish at a minimum and not remarkably better than any of them.
I am sure if he was that important, they would have found a way to keep him around. And to the greater point, DL is probably the deepest group on the team which is where we can most afford to lose a guy.
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