(11-23-2024, 09:43 PM)rpr52121 Wrote:

(11-23-2024, 12:13 PM)Jag88 Wrote: Well, it’s easier to find four good linebackers than it is to find four good d line. Anyways the next coach needs to attack with blitzes. That’s so important.

Well it is easier to find LB's who can do the jobs you need them to do, and you make their jobs easier and more defined if they have good DT's, DE's and safeties. Then the 2nd/3rd tier LB's will fit in your system and play adequately.

Above average LB's that cover others mistakes and do everything are a nice luxury to have, but often are still mostly reactionary to what the offense is showing instead of aggressive and forcing the issue. That is unless you get elite level LB's like Ray Allen or Luke Kuechly that will diagnose the offensive play pre-snap so they can attack instead of react.

But the Jags don't have any of those elite LB's. I would put Foye in the above average category.

I think Pitre from the Texans is an interesting case on how DC's can adapt their scheme to a players' strengths.  While Pitre had a great rookie season, in Demeco's first year (Pitre's 2nd) he lined him up as a traditional 2-deep safety...and he was miserable at that spot/role.  In 2024 DeMeco has Pitre playing up near the line of scrimmage as a WLB/N and he is much more productive.  Now part of that move is the fact that WLB Christian Harris has been out all year, but regardless Pitre's had some games where he is affecting the outside run, screen passes, and rushing the QB.  He's a liability when he gets matched up against a legitimate receiver through offensive scheme, but it's a case of taking a former D-rated player and making him a B+ just by adapting their role.

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