(03-30-2021, 10:37 PM)Upper Wrote: If JOK isn't a good fit for your defense you are running the wrong defense.

Where does he fit in a 3-4?

He doesn't have the length to be a pass rushing OLB, nor does he have the bulk to hold up at the point of attack against a T...or a TE for that matter..

At 215, do you seriously think if you moved him inside, he could take on guards over the course of a game..or over the course of a season?

We appear to be switching to a scheme similar to the Ravens' 3-4 since we have brought over two or three of their assistant coaches.  Assuming this is true, it would seem helpful to know what kind of players they had running their defense.  Last year, the smallest starting LB they had was 229 lb Patrick Queen.  The other starters were 232, 265 and 261 lbs.  Other linebackers on the roster were 229, 242, 247 and 275 lbs.  In fact, going back three seasons, the smallest LB on their roster was 227 lbs-twelve pounds heavier than JOK.


I don't deny he's a good player.

Before he had his meltdown or whatever, Telvin Smith was about the same size as JOK and he was a heckuva player and one of my favorites as a Jaguar.

In a 4-3.

If Smith were still on the roster and we were switching to a 3-4, my first statement about him would be he doesn't fit the scheme.

Now I could buy the argument we shouldn't switch to a 3-4.  Heck I have made the argument numerous times over the years.

But given that the overwhelming evidence points to switching to a 3-4, we have to get players to fit the scheme.


I don't believe JOK fits the scheme, unless you plan to move him to S.

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