Here are all of Wade Phillips' draft pick selections and their positions from 2004 - 2017
(note: a premium draft pick is a 1st thru 3rd round pick)
DT - 3 premium, 8 total (all premium DTs played DE for Wade; only 1 NT drafted and he was pick #234)
DE - 3 premium, 8 total
OLB - 5 premium, 8 total
ILB - 2 premium, 3 total (no 1st; earliest pick was Sean Lee at #55)
CB - 3 premium, 12 total
S - 3 premium, 9 total (no 1st; earliest DJ Swearinger at #57)
Here is the reality: ILB hasn't been a position that Wade has spent much draft capital on. He has had 48 draft picks in the last 13 years being employed as a DC or HC and has only drafted 3 ILBs. That's 1 in 16.
I think we should be focused on a pass rusher.
