LaMarr was not regularly pulled off the field in passing situations. That's flat out incorrect. If anything, LaMarr was a huge asset for us. The majority of snaps on defense were passing situations (we only trailed against Wisconsin, OSU, and USC) as other teams were playing catch-up. LaMarr was probably the best pass-rusher in D-I last year. Why on earth would we have sit him in passing downs? In fact, the position LaMarr played is a hybrid position we've had for years (initially manned by James Hall in 97-99), rush linebacker. If you look preseason, some people had him in the LB grouping, some in the DL grouping. For the most part, he played DE, but he has the speed and agility to play the outside backer position in the league. He hasn't had the oppurtunity to drop back in coverage much at all, so that is a weakness more from an experience standpoint rather than something he struggled with. In our defensive scheme, he either was stuffing the run, or rushing the passer.