(03-30-2022, 12:32 PM)TheDogCatcher Wrote:

(03-30-2022, 10:47 AM)Upper Wrote: A DL of Smoot, probably Hamilton, and Key with Allen and Hutch off the edge and let's say Leo Chanal blitzing up the middle could be pretty devastating.

Here's what I foresee based on drafting Hutch or Travon Walker at #1. 

Base 3-4:

     #1 pick/Chaisson (LE) -- Brown/Hamilton -- Fatukasi/Hamilton -- Smoot/Robertson-Harris -- Allen/Key

Rush Situations:

     #1 pick -- Smoot -- Hamilton/Fatukasi -- Key -- Allen

4-2-5 Situations (Nickel):

     #1 pick -- Fatukasi/Brown -- Smoot/Hamilton -- Allen

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I think it should be flipped regarding run vs pass - Arden Key is an inside pass rush specialist not a run stuffer. 

When they are in a 4-2 front for nickel downs, key is a rotational pass rusher from the DE spot.
In 3-4 pass looks he can rush from the 3-4 DE spot.
3-4 run looks should feature the heavier guys and run stuffers.

3-4 Rush front: 

#1 Pick (weak side OLB)  -Hamilton /Tufele(LDE)  - Fatukasi (NT) -  Brown/RRH (RDE)  - Allen (strng sd OLB) 

3-4 pass rush front:

#1 pick/Chaisson - Smoot - Hamilton - Arden Key - Allen

I think Smoot and Key are your best 3-4 DE options to get after the passer from either side of your NT. 

(Hamilton may prove to be a better pass rush NT than Fatukasi whose specialty is stuffing the run - but that's just a hunch at this point)

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