(08-12-2021, 02:42 AM)Eric1 Wrote:

(08-12-2021, 01:48 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: For those of you who have gone to practices, I have a question. What does Dawuane Smoot look like? I've read where he dropped weight and got faster. Last year, I swear he looked like he was playing between 285-290 lbs. He was huge. If he has lost weight and he is closer to the 265-270 lb. mark he was when we drafted him, why isn't he listed as an OLB? Instead, we have 287 lb. Jihad Ward playing OLB? He should be on the D-Line, IMO. You need speed at OLB and Ward ran a 5.11/40 at the Combine. Smoot ran a 4.77/40 at the Combine. That is a HUGE difference in speed.

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That's all good and stuff, but that speech by Meyer? That put's a lot of pressure on players. If we win, crime goes down? So if we lose, people might get murdered? That may not be how he intended it, but it kinda sounded that way.

You need to stop getting caught up in where people are "listed" at. It doesn't mean jack [BLEEP].

There's been multiple hints/reports about where players are lining up over the 2 weeks of training camp. Ward has lined up at DT, DE and OLB. Smoot has lined up at DE, DT and OLB. They're moving everybody around on the DL. Cross training guys has been a huge theme all throughout the off season/camps and not just along the DL.

They're going to rotate this DL (and I include the OLBs in the DL group) around a huge amount on this Defense. Allen and Smoot have been the two base OLBs plenty during camp.

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I just saw a clip within the last day or so where Josh Jones (?) was talking about how "crazy" the defense will be with blitzers coming from "everywhere" hand some looks showing 5 down defensive linemen.

If this is true, then you may well be right that a players official depth chart listing on defense will have less relevance than under "normal" or more traditional (for the Jaguars) circumstances.


As I think about it, I remember an article about how the 46 defense came to dominance. As I recall, one of its earliest games was against the Chargers and Hall of Fame WB Dan Fouts and Hall of Fame head coach Don Coryell. For those of you too young to remember/know, Coryell was one of the greatest offensive minds in football history, and that late 70s/early 80s chargers teams with he and Fouts was one of the most exciting, pass happy, high scoring offenses ever. The Coryell system was the basis of the Greatest Show on Turf Rams offense that won the Super Bowl in the 1999 season.

I wonder if Cullen has derived any inspiration from Ryan in his approach.

There were plays where they lined up three guys on the C and two guards. Fouts could not figure out how to set the protection.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=5516086

As long as it's effective, I'm fine with it.

I'm way past ready for this team to win.
As a fan of blitzing, I'm excited to see that.

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(08-11-2021, 11:50 PM)Dimson Wrote: I'm not crying, you're crying.
https://twitter.com/Jaguars/status/14256...48160?s=19

That was great to see on a lot of different levels.

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