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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.It's a matchup thing. As much of a problem he is on the outside, he is a wall in the middle.
At the goaline, # 92 got spun around backwards on the SD TD run.
I'm not sure its a matchup thing, I think it is the best defensive allignment for them. Warren is holding his own at nose but Mayo and Spikes are much better at stopping the run then our OLB's at this point. Moving Wilfork outside forces opposing teams to run inside more. We were getting gashed off tackle prior to the Ravens game.
The way they have stopped the run over the past two weeks, I don't see why we would change it back.
makes sense really ... good points ... getting them to run at Mayo and Spikes vs outside where we are weaker against the run.
I say keep him there until a team shows they can run on us in the middle. As someone else said, any this point, our ILBs are better at stopping the run than our OLBs.
Wasn't there a year or two in the past when the 3-4 worked with competent mediocrity at the nose? I'm thinking specifically of Rick Lyle.
And by the way, the defense hasn't exactly excelled through much of Wilfork's prime.
Doing things this way -- and shading the scheme however is needed to make up for it -- seems like it's worth a try.
I don't think so. One year I recall the plan was our superior technique was going to make up for lack of bulk, with Lyle rotating with Jarvis Green and Klecko.
Amazingly, BB threw the technique theory out the window when Ted Washington became available.
They might have patched together a couple games with Lyle as nose, maybe as tackle in a 4-3 too, in 2002. That was the year the comedian Steve Martin did his "ramblin guy" routine while supposedly playing NT until December.
Seymour played some nose in 2001, but 4-3 was the norm, I believe.
#92 is Warren. So are you agreeing with me or not? I'm confused
Mayo and Spikes are much better at stopping the run then our OLB's at this point. Moving Wilfork outside forces opposing teams to run inside more. We were getting gashed off tackle prior to the Ravens game.
The way they have stopped the run over the past two weeks, I don't see why we would change it back.