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Originally Posted by Driving Wheel
the reason that defense worked so well in Tampa was because they had a D-line that had : Warren Sapp, Simeon Rice, Regan Upshow, Chris Hovan, et al, Derrick Brooks at LB, John Lynch at SS and Ronde Barber at CB.
With those guys, they got pressure with 4 man fronts so they didn't HAVE to blitz, which made it that much more effective when they did.
We have a poor man's Derrick Brooks in DJ, and a decent Ronde impersonator in Flowers...but are TOTALLY not equipped to do a 4-3 Tampa - we weren't when we were running one.
This team is defensively a 3-4 team, literally for better or for worse. If we lined up with 4 DL, we'd get eaten alive.
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I don't know about that
Hali,Poe,Powe,Houston
Derrick Johnson at MLB
sort of like the Baltimore Ravens D ... 2 big,fat guys to stuff the run and protect the MLB. Hali and Houston going after the Passer.
Not sure Belcher would have a place but adding to 2 Linebackers in one offseason is not that difficult to do.
Berry playing an in-the-box safety
Kendrick Lewis is still not good enough, so we need a complete free safety imo.