Quote:Well that doesn't make me feel good.

 

From what I understand the LEO role is about mismatches and speed anyways. If we drafted him to play a traditional DE I'd be very worried but the LEO role he should be fine.

 

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Clearly David Caldwell drafts and acquires talent for a specific scheme. On defense it's this Seattle hybrid defense where they want mismatches creating pressure, cover corners and hard hitting safeties. I don't think Fowler was the best player in the draft, I don't think Caldwell really believes he's the best player in the draft, he is however who they viewed as the best fit for the scheme we are running.

 

Same thing with the offense and the zone blocking scheme, we grabbed Beadles because of his experience in the zone blocking and have drafted linemen we believe will excel at the zone blocking scheme.

 

I'm not sure if it's a sound strategy to me we're limiting the type of players we are going after but I'll let it run its course this year and hope for the best.

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