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Originally Posted by lcarus
But this would mean.....gulp....we're gonna need to draft more defensive linemen soon.  |
Perhaps, but this team is new and it will take years to develop at key positions like the DL. They need a guy that can plug lanes and can move faster than most QB's to play that RDE position, that is going to be the game changer for this defense.
They might have their guy in Poe. I know he will eventually slide into the NT position, but they desperately need production from that RDE position or teams are going to continue to sit back and pick this defense apart.
With just that one guy there, now the pass rush can be either a base 3 rush or a blitz using ROLB Hali for stunts and twists with the RDE.
The other two positions on the DL are critical in pressure, but not as critical as the blindside RDE position. That is where you get your action from, is that RDE position. You get a guy in there that can be disruptive on his own from that RDE position and this defense suddenly becomes nasty to handle.