dryheat44
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Oh, too, funny! You don't know football if you think I got my ass handed to me. That's an ass backward view. :snob:
Let me clue you in a bit. Of course Wilfork played Nose Tackle in college, and, get this, he did it in a 4-3 scheme, not a 3-4! Yes, that's right.
Both 4-3 and 3-4 defenses have a Nose Tackle! Why? Because "Nose" simply means you line up across from Center. Exactly where (note: "where" not "how") you line up is further explained by the "technique".
In a 4-3, the NT (like Wilfork at Miami and in some Patriots packages) is one of 2 DT's. He plays the 1-technique, which is over Center and weakside OG.
In a 3-4, the NT is more directly across from Center but still must occupy the Center and OG, except now it's the strongside OG. That's called 0-technique.
So Wilfork not only had experience at what the Pats wanted him to do, play Nose Tackle, but had experience with 1-technique and was capable of 0-technique. How you can think I'm wrong about any of this is beyond me.
As for Vrabel, that's exactly what I said. What he played in college (DE) was never in question. I know that! What was in question was whether or not he had experience doing what the Pats needed him to do, which is play some LB (and maybe more). To that, I said, yes! He played 4 years at OLB in Pitt.
Well...I don't have time for this.
You're exposing your ignorance, not his.
Firstly, a 3 Technique tackle most certainly does not line up over center, as you said in your initial post. He lines up on the guard's outside shoulder. I don't know anybody who would say that it's the same as nose tackle.
Secondly, Vrabel was a Defensive End for the Steelers his rookie year, OLB his second, rush defensive tackle in his third, and OLB in the fourth. He got very little playing time at OLB, so it's hard to say he had much experience at the position. His greatest experience was probably as Scout team DE at Pittsburgh.