re: BK said, in today’s PC, that we’re gonna to see Maason play more 3 and 5 technique

Excuse me, what are 2, 3, 4, 5 techniques?

Thanks. I’ll hang up and listen.

Alignment of a defensive front. Generally, a 3 technique lines up outside the guard, and a 5 lines up outside the tackle. (Even numbers generally indicate "head up". E.g., a DT who's head up on the guard is a 2.)

I think what this is about is getting Jordan Jefferson on the field more, which I think is a good idea. But the defensive staff seems to have issues figuring out personnel, and the best positions and rotation for personnel.

Needs to be on the bench until he improves. Other guys are playing better

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He needs to play the get in shape technique

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Nah, he’s in shape. He’s been full bore for at least four weeks. It doesn’t take that long, not at his age.

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He’s out of shape

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I believe this is true

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has no motor

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Not coddling because he's been a major disappointment so far, but IDK about this, though. I think he might have just run out of gas. Early in the game he was very active, albeit mostly ineffective, in pursuit. I noticed him on several plays hustling to the sidelines or chasing a runner down field.

Oh sweet. He’s been given the green light to push through a block and try to make tackles - Sweet

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But the defensive staff seems to have issues figuring out personnel, and the best positions and rotation for personnel.

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It happens. It’s only House’s second season. Not a ton of time to get it together. He lost so much of his DBs from last year, and know one really knew what Maason Smith would look like since he missed the whole season.

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All of the switching from 3-4 to 4-3 to 3-4 over the last 4 years has really fricked up our front seven. Our guys have been switched back and forth so much they aren’t good at either technique. It’s also fricked up how we recruit the front seven, so we have a weird mix of personnel for both systems. For example Savion Jones is a 4-3 DE that they tried to bulk up to a 3-4 DE. It hasn’t worked unfortunately.

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What they were doing before clearly wasn’t working. They had to make some kind of change. I’m sure they don’t want to see Smith continue to get blasted 5 yards off the ball every play. He’s just not a nose guard. His inability to play the double team is eating him up. If you can’t at least hold a double team at the LOS, then you’ve failed the basic requirement. A good nose guard would split the double team and get back in his gap. At this point, no one runs a true 3-4 or a true 4-3. Everyone kind of runs a bit of a blended defense. Offenses are just too dynamic to be rigid with your approach.

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Our guys have been switched back and forth so much they aren’t good at either technique.

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99% of our guys weren’t on the team prior to 2022. This gripe affects like only Smith and Greg Penn.

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Like he was as a freshman

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He had 3 snaps as a freshman... Can hardly say that's a sufficient data set to suggest we'll see much different.

Mason is presently all hype and no production. Jefferson got none of the hype and is balling out.

I'll give a pass with his injury as they're hard to come back from for big guys, especially when it comes to conditioning, but it's time for Mason to shite or get off the pot. It's time for him to eat like a big fricking dog. Get your mind right kid and know that there's not a single OL that can handle you at your best.