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We wouldn't need a big olb if we put some quality dl down in front...
I doubt Walden will draw much interest at age 31. He hasn't so far. He was awfully well liked in Indy for his lunch pail, do-the-dirty-work attitude. From before last season:Ok, ok, Perry is worth three times Walden.![]()
Why, so he can lose contain over, and over, and over and let Kaepernick earn another huge contract? No thanks, he doesn't belong in G&G again, IMHO.Given the sorry state of OLB depth, it wouldn't hurt to have a seasoned vet in rotation at a fairly modest cost.
You're going to lay all of that on Walden? 189 yards before contact? No adjustments at half time? LOL Fire Capers.Why, so he can lose contain over, and over, and over and let Kaepernick earn another huge contract? No thanks, he doesn't belong in G&G again, IMHO.
We wouldn't need a big olb if we put some quality dl down in front...
You're going to lay all of that on Walden? 189 yards before contact? No adjustments at half time? LOL Fire Capers.
When a team pays 2 olbs 27mil a year, then you need rookies, and cheap depth...we will have that.Teams need several quality outside linebackers in a 3-4 defense no matter the talent level on the defensive line.
I solely blame the playoff loss vs. the Niners in 2012 on Capers. With that being the only one he's primarily responsible for I would have been fine with him being fired after that fiasco.
When a team pays 2 olbs 27mil a year, then you need rookies, and cheap depth...we will have that.
My point is that you can have 3. Like we did the last 3 years with Mathew's, Perry, and peppers. But it won't help if there aren't quality dlinemen in front of them....
That can be distilled down to a couple of simple equations:My thoughts on what Thompson is doing with the Packers and his philosophy on roster building, https://thefantasygreek.com/packers-draft-and-develop-approach-looks-more-like-catch-and-release/
Yea, when there is 2 dlinemen, then they have to rush. But you act like olbs don't drop back in coverage...Last season four outside linebackers played more than 450 snaps for the Packers. With Matthews and Perry being injured a lot the team needs quality backups.
BTW OLBs line up next to defensive linemen in a 3-4, not behind them.
3-4 OLBs don't drop in coverage much, but only particularly in Capers' 3-4.Yea, when there is 2 dlinemen, then they have to rush. But you act like olbs don't drop back in coverage...
Mathews should be our olb prototype. I like the Perry olb type because he is such a beast, and nearly impossible to stop with a head of steam... but the peppers, datone monster olb that always rushes, and rarely drops into coverage...scrap that imo.3-4 OLBs don't drop in coverage much, but only particularly in Capers' 3-4.
Capers likes to run his zone blitz a couple times a game against certain QBs where he blitzes on one side and drops an OLB or even a lineman into that QB's standard-issue short passing lane check down looking for a cheap INT.
Sometimes they'll drop in a match-up situation. You just don't see it very often. Coverage responsibility falls to the ILBs 90 - 95% of the time.
4-3 OLBs are a different matter.
3-4 OLBs are stand-up DEs, especially in the world according to Capers, with a bit of scheme flexibility, but that's about it.
Now if you're wanting to see something on the order of a hybrid defense instead of the Capers"abortion" as you call it, then you'll need to wait paat least another year and the complaint becomes academic.
Yea, when there is 2 dlinemen, then they have to rush. But you act like olbs don't drop back in coverage...
In my idea of a 3-4... the 3 dlinemen need to get a push. They need to beat their one olineman enough to force the double team... a stout dline is where the 3-4 lives or dies imo...
Once you get the 5 olinemen busy with the 3 dlinemen. Then you have 4 lbs that swarm... can the olbs go up next to the DEs and show blitz? Sure. But imo it's better to not show what you are doing, when it comes to blitzing...
My thought is that you have 4lbs. All of which can blitz. You can hit the qb from 4 different directions... oline doesn't know who is coming, until they commit to the nearest dlineman...
You seem to be talking about capers 3-4 abortion where a olb is strictly a rusher, but only sometimes. And the other olb can look like a lb, but he has to rush all the time too, but only some of the time. But then we get an extra tweener safety hybrid to help tackle (5yds down field)WHEN the back gets through our 2 man front...
That's not a 3-4 imo.