(01-13-2024, 10:54 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(01-13-2024, 10:45 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: You don't want Walker at End in the 34, you want him there in a 43. In a 34 the 3 have one job, to engage and hold the Olinmen so the linebackers can make plays rushing the passer. Walker is much more talented than that and in the 43 the End gets the 1:1 shots on the tackle; that's where the pass rushers make their living. If this hand is on the ground he need to be on or outside the tackle.

Setting the edge isn't the only job for a 3-4 end lol.  The elite ones also push the pocket and get to the QB, or just use their quick first step and split or gonaround the linemman.  Like a JJ Watt, AD, Jordan, Heyward etc.  They are also closer to the QB.  Have Walker put on 5 to 10 pounds and he could be one of those elite 3-4 end players.  On passing downs you could put Walker wide if you wanted.  I'd like to see Walker down with Turner or Verse rushing the QB next to him.  Hewitt can use him like they did Clowney

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This defense needs a beast 3-4 end that can help the edge rushers.

Really it doesn't matter what you call it - but an interior pass rusher/disruptor is missing from our defense. 

It was supposed to be Hamilton but we may never know if he was going to live up to the extension now. 

We have run so much nickel - this guy would essentially be a 3tech DT in that 4 man front - and we run enough bear front - that he'd be a 3-4 end in those sets. No telling if this approach lives on after Caldwell's dismissal. 

Regardless - we need a 300 pound guy that whoops guards all day and ruins the pocket for opposing QBs. 
Someone akin to Javon Hargrave even if it is a poor man's version. 

It'll be up to the next coordinator to figure out the formations and position monikers for the guy, but I don't think he's on this roster yet unless Hamilton has a miracle comeback and exceeds his former healthy play.

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