"That gives us a very solid foundation," Spielman said. "Once I took over three years ago, I wanted the focus to be to build it through the draft, so you don't have to do much in free agency. And with each one of those guys, we had specific needs to fill. The left tackle spot and safety were needs. We wanted a replacement for (veteran defensive tackle) Kevin Williams, knowing he was older, and might not be back. We wanted to build the secondary. We wanted to replace Percy with a guy like Patterson."