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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
Then you are an idiot.
The Lions run a 4-3 defense. 4-3 Defenses use 230-240 pound OLBs who are fast and can play sideline-to-sideline. They have to have pure linebacker instincts and they have to be versatile enough to cover tight ends. They are typically not as good at shedding blocks and they blitz only as an element of surprise. A 3-4 OLB/DE (a "hybrid") is a pass rusher who plays coverage moreso as an element of surprise. They are 260+-pound former DEs whose PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY is to rush the passer and know pass rushing technique, and every once in a while they take on some LB responsibility. If Suggs played in a 4-3 like Detroit, he would either be an undersized third-down pass rusher, or he would be an overweight, slow-as-shit OLB. He would have been a better pick than Rogers, but he would have been a huge bust in Detroit. Just the same, if AJ Hawk played 3-4 OLB, he would be an extremely undersized DE/LB who consistently got destroyed in the trenches and probably could generate 3 or 4 sacks at the most.
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Hey, just out of curiosity, since you're so brilliant, how much did Jason Taylor weigh when he was playing a 4-3 DE in Miami?
Moron.
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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
You obviously have no understanding of a 3-4 defense. A "hybrid" is the same exact position Merriman, Ware, Adalius Thomas, Vernon Gholston, Lamar Woodley, Mike Vrabel,
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Actually, when I referred to "Hybrid", I was referring to the hybridized way in which the Suggs grievance was resolved. He was paid as a DE/LB, which is the hybrid. Again, had you actually bothered to read the posts, you'd have known that.
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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
What do they all have in common? Oh yeah, they all played DE in college. So stop acting like these are OLBs like AJ Hawk or Derrick Johnson. Are you really going to tell me that Derrick Johnson could play the role Merriman plays and get 10+ sacks a year? And are you really going to tell me that Merriman could play DJ's role and cover tight ends on a huge chunk of the snaps? A "hybrid" DE only means they are Defensive Ends who take on some LB responsibility. You even said so yourself, given that Suggs argued he took more snaps as a DE than as a LB. That is completely true.
Hawk is a 4-3 OLB
Suggs is a 3-4 DE/OLB
If you really want to argue they're the same, then God help you.
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I didn't say they were the same, other than both being linebackers. Seriously, reading comprehension would go a long way for you, I think.