The only guys currently on defense that I see as, potentially, building blocks for the future are:
NT David Parry
DE Henry Anderson
DE Hassan Ridgway
ILB Edwin Jackson
ILB Antonio Morrison
SS Clayton Geathers
CB Vontae Davis (for only another couple of seasons)
Perhaps E.J. Green will turn a corner this season because his physical abilities are excellent but he was a lost lonely lamb in 2016.
While I like a bit of what Melvin and Morris did at CB in 2016, I don't think either of them are a future building block.
No one at OLB which is THE KEY POSITION in a 3-4 defense was they provide the pass rush, control the flats and funnel the runners inside to the rest of the defense. No one.
Cheers,
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Thad
The future is so bright; I gotta triple up! 
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