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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
He's a tweener DE/DT, which doesn't work in some systems, but can be really useful in Spagnuolo's approach.
Having a DE who is stout enough to stand up against the run on early downs and slide inside to create interior pressure on passing downs works just fine in this system.
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this is a good point, and one you can extrapolate to nearly everything Spags does at every level.
It also helps us to identify and utilize talent that is specific to Spags system but maybe not a great fit for other systems.
Kind of like Moneyball, but for football.
We can really use guys that do a few things fairly well better than guys that do ONE thing very well. The fact that pre-snap an opposing offense doesn't know what we're going to do because we have so many versatile players helps hide any deficiencies.
Other than the outside corners, you don't know who's doing what on any given snap. Creating confusion is like shaving a quarter of a second off everyone's 40 time.
And now that we have a LB capable of covering backs, we'll be even better.