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Message: <blockquote data-quote="adambr2" data-source="post: 489302" data-attributes="member: 7277">We counted on Cullen Jenkins for interior pressure from the D-line.  3-4 DE vs. DT, but still.  No one asks for pressure from Raji, Pickett, or Wilson more or less because they can't do it.  Ngata can.  So can Wilfork (the Patriots are running a 4-3 again, but Wilfork is just as effective at it as a 3-4 NT).   So while I don't think it is #1 on the job description of a 3-4 lineman, I think we more or less count on them only if they can actually do it, and excuse them if they don't because it's not their job.   It's like a corner that can crash the line of scrimmage and blow up an outside run.  Is it their job?  No, not really, but it sure helps the team if they can do it.</blockquote>

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