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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mradtke66" data-source="post: 1045209" data-attributes="member: 4199">I don't think this is a scheme issue.  If we were still in a 3-4, he'd be an OLB in a similar mold as Gary.IMHO, Van Ness isn't a good edge rusher today.  He sets a pretty good edge and otherwise plays the run well, but he doesn't have something in his pass rush to hang his hat on.  He's strong and reasonably quick, but I don't see a second move.Honestly, neither Gary or LVN have the absurd bend to that CM3 did to win around the edge, but they don't have to.  Both are larger and stronger, but neither seem to rush to their physical talents.  Some of that could week to week rush plans, but I'd ideally want both of them to be willing, able, and practiced at flipping an outside rush and coming inside the tackle once they get the them to set to the outside, but I see it so infrequently.  Gary tends to win more, but he's the bigger athletic freak.</blockquote>

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