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Originally Posted by Buzz_TinBalls
Well, you've got to have smart physical inside LB's to make the 1 gap style work or you will give up big plays up the middle.
I defer to Ray Lewis' statements on Rex's 34 defense -- something to the effect of constantly getting mauled by linemen.
If your DL take the right gap to the ball, you did good. If they take the wrong gap, your backers had better man up.
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Not that I'm disagreeing with your statement, but really I've always hated the 2-gap and it seems silly to me to not have your dline guys penetrating bc they still have to be accounted for and yes you and get gashed like on traps, etc., but your Mikes should be able to fill gaps and take on the guys at the point of attack. Esp. for this team and having Berry's talent and run support available. I just feel its absurd to simply clog the lanes - esp in this day and age when the rules and offensive schemes heavily favor passing. Better to send them in and collapse the pocket, disrupt the qb's field of vision/knock down balls, and either sack the guy or put him on his ass and on high-alert and paranoid of hearing footsteps to rattle his timing.
As for Ray Ray's comment I'll defer to when he played against the Chiefs during DV's stint on a nationally televised game and was miced up. He whined and bitched like a little girl BC he was getting steamrolled, including being BLOWN UP in a goal line stand as the Chiefs trotted into the end zone right over him because our oline & trich tossed him back and on his ass like a ragdoll. So, take his complaint about not having his constant fresh crop of all pro dlinemen in front to wingman and free him up with a grain of salt and in context.