re: I believe if these four players win their match up, we win the game.

First of all, Allen almost always lines up as a right DE, though they do move him around a bit. This means the responsibility of blocking him will mostly fall to Clapp and Malone. On passing downs they will probably chip him with an H-back or RB. I do think we will try and run quite a bit behind Boutte, right at Williams and Tomlinson. Williams is great at rushing the passer, but he's more ordinary when it comes to defending the run right at him. As far as Gilmore being the key to stopping the run game, he is just one piece of the puzzle. I actually am more concerned about Neal holding up when he is lined up as a 5 tech DE, as up til now he hasn't been great holding up against the bigger O-linemen he is up against. We seem to be much stronger when lining him up as a 7 tech in a 4 man front.