One thing I'll say with certainty is that Belichick would never change his fundamental defensive philosophy of over 20 years overnight because of the addition of one player. The base D for this team will remain a 3-4 no matter what happens on draft day. No only are the linemen in the scheme fundamentally different, but so are the LBs. We switch to a 4-3, then we better look into replacing Vrabel too, because that guy is in no way a 4-3 OLB. He's bascially a rush backer in a 3-4, or a glorified Dend. Thomas has enough versatility to probably play anywhere on the field, but he's about the only of the current backers capable of doing that. So, let's just not realistically expect our scheme to change if Dorsey somehow falls to 7. He doesnt seem like a 3-4 lineman anyway, but he certainly wouldnt be able to hold the point anything like Vince does currently. But by adding him and an $8million contract, we may as well write off Vince once his current deal is up, because the line money would be gone. This adding Dorsey concept is a complicated one. It would pretty much be trying to add a square peg to a round hole in alot of ways. He's a 4-3 tackle. And he's probably the best player in the draft. So, I wouldnt worry too much about him falling all the way to 7 anyway.
