I would bring back Ekaule unless he gets too pricey.
Edit. Same with McDermott.
Ekaule was improved over what we saw in '21, especially the last month and a half. He's very quick, but it appeared to me that he added some muscle and didn't get
pushed around as much. He's a pretty good interior pass rusher who is normally limited to passing downs, but if he improves as much over this offseason then that
might have to be re-thought. He was used on roughly 1/3rd of the snaps, which was more than I thought.
His mention makes me add that we got a lot of mileage and snaps out of Lawrence Guy and Davon Godchaux this season. They held up
well, even though most fans still think Godchaux sucks, but 62 tackles for an interior DL is good production. We need to think about
limiting Guy's snaps moving forward as he was really good during the middle of the season but got ground down during the last month
and his production dropped. Often, those two were the only DLs on the field for us.
Guy'll be entering his 11th season, so the clock is ticking. Aside from production there is something to be said for a guy that is is strong
at the point and tough and the LB corps has benefitted from his presence. He's a very smart player.
I'll be watching Sam Roberts and Jeremiah Pharms to see if they might help inside, especially Roberts who has potential but only played
in 3 games and looked like a rookie. I don't know what we see in Pharms.
A space-eating DL might be a useful way to use a draft choice in a couple of months, but we have bigger needs.