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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
Yeah, especially when paired with a strong interior rush that is going to create push and collapse the pocket. You send a speed rusher wide so Brown is chasing them around the arc and then let the power rushers crush the pocket.
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I will note that Browns worst ass kickings came across his face due to the THREAT of the player in question running the arc.
I think someone like BJ Thompson can have some success against him, yes. But OBJ is a smart player - you can't play LT with feet like his if you're an idiot. If he knows you're going upfield on him, he can handle that. But what happened was he we look to cheat and then get smoked across his face to the inside because he doesn't have the agility to recover when he'd make that aggressive slide/set.
Can Thompson punish him like that? Probably not at the moment, no. Uzi, OTOH, who has some experience with interior rushing and seems to have a slightly better 1st step than Karlaftis, might be able to pull off something like that. He can get OBJ rocking a little then use that rip move to get across him and into Burrow's lap.
Thompsons best attribute might actually be as something of a decoy. You put him alongside Jones, for instance, and get him to draw OBJ off the line quickly before he can give the G any help, then you've created a really nice matchup on the interior. Omenihu might be another guy you could use there.
Karlaftis - Jones - Omenihu - Thompson might be the sort of alignment that gives the Bengals fits in small doses. I just don't see how they can block up that interior, especially if you're using Thompson on the weak side to simply pull the LT out into space as he runs the arc.