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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
You sure seem cocky about your knowledge of football, even though you don't know a damn thing about the 3-4. Terrell Suggs played DE in college. He was drafted to play OLB in a 3-4 Defense. An OLB in a 3-4 Defense is not a traditional LB, like Mayo or Rivers or Hawk play. It is a pass rushing position with SOME outside LB responsibilities (i.e. pass coverage), etc.... You do NOT draft an OLB like Hawk or Rivers to play the 3-4 OLB position.
Take notes. 16 out of 16 3-4 OLBs in the NFL today played defensive end in college. Shawn Merriman, Demarcus Ware, Adalius Thomas, etc... etc... etc....
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Look, either start reading my posts or don't respond to them. How bloody difficult is it for you to grasp English?
Suggs was a DE in college, but he was drafted with the idea of him being able to play either DE or LB. That is, in fact, precisely what he does in Baltimore. He would have been a smarter pick than Rogers, who was a WR (traditionally high 'positional value').
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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
The only reason they call it a "hybrid" position is because your main responsibility is to be a pass rusher, but you play more traditional OLB roles (i.e. pass coverage) than a traditional DE.
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No, they called it a 'hybrid' (my word), because he took a boatload of snaps as both a DE and a LB. The Ravens wanted him franchised as a LB, Suggs wanted DE money. After a grievance, a new designation was determined.
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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
You keep trying to act like Suggs and Merriman are LBs. They are not. If you suggest that they play anything close to the same position as AJ Hawk, then you have no business calling people out for knowing nothing about football. Watch game tape of Shawn Merriman and you tell me whether he is more of a pass rusher or more of a coverage guy.
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Suggs plays DE and LB. You can make all the other silly claims and comparisons you wish. Had you bothered to actually read my posts, you'd have noted that the comparison of Hawk and Suggs being made was that they are both linebackers. Given that Hawk has been playing LB in a 4-3 scheme, I'm frankly not even sure what the hell you think was being implied. Then again, you'd take Forte over Mayo, so I'm not even sure why I'm bothering to respond to your posts at all at this point. Talk about poor positional valuation.