seems that the smaller "speed" guys wear down at about the 30-year-old marker, while the only DEs that truly remain "elite" past that age are the ones with freakish size and ability. Both Babin and Cole are effort-based pass rushers that generated the majority of their pressure with speed and relentlessness. When speed begins to evaporate with age, and the player can no longer simply compensate with raw power and freakish length (a la Strahan, Reggie, Peppers), that pass rusher becomes mediocre very fast. If I were a GM, I'd never draft DEs shorter than 6'4?, and I'd give a strong preference to power-based, lanky/tall DEs in the Pierre-Paul, Peppers, Strahan mold. Hey, what do you know, that's what the New York Giants have been doing for the entire history of their franchise! I've been stumping for BG all year, my man needs some playing time! It's especially frustrating because he's battling the perception that he's a bust, but hows he supposed to change that if they keep limiting his snaps? Hopefully he has a breakthrough game where he gets 2 sacks or something and the coaches get him on the field after that.