re: 5 Current Players That Will Fit Into The New Defensive Scheme

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Pass rushing is much more important for that position than what you do in coverage.

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Only on the weakside. The strongside olb will be in coverage more than he'll be rushing. And even the weakside backer will have to cover on occasion. If you think you can put a guy out there who's total game is rushing the qb and he's going to become an All-Pro you might be underthinking the situation.

What you are advocating is a one dimensional player. Galette was already that in the 4-3 under two defensive coordinators and he couldn't start then either. The problem then was he sucked against the run as a 4-3 de. But it would be hard to argue that he wasn't a better pure pass rusher than Smith the last two years. And how many times was it that he started ahead of Smith? You keep bringing up other players, so let me do that too. Look at Seattle's Bruce Irving. Best pure pass rusher on their team....and how many games did he start last year? Zero.

But once again, hopefully Galette can cover which is the point I was making when this back and forth started. If he can't, I believe you'll see him subbing in instead of starting.