Quote:He was drafted and listed as a linebacker.

 

 

Quote:Are you forgetting who we drafted this year? An outside linebacker who will be our next Leo. With Telvin Smith on one side and Dante Fowler on the other, OLB is not a dire need that must be addressed early in the draft. Paul Posluszny does not show any signs of going to another team, so we just need a backup in the middle too. How high would you want to draft a backup?

 

 

Quote:Fowler will play DE not OLB

 

 

For the typical 4 - 3 Under Defense, which is what Bradley and Babich run, the Defense lines up like this:

 

 

------------------R---R

 

-----Z--------------Q

------------Y-T-G-C-G-T----------X

-----------O-E---N-----T-L

----------------M----W

 

Where:

O - OTTO (Skuta) although he may line up inside of the Tight End (Y)

E - End (Odrick)

N - Noseguard (Miller)

T - Tackle (Marks / Alualu)

L - LEO (Fowler)

M - MIKE (Pozluszny)

W - WILL (Smith)

 

Note that this formation aligns via the Offense's "strength" which in this case is which side the Tight End lines up. T, L, and W are weakside players and O, E, N, and M are strongside.

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