Quote:1. I agree in terms of athletic ability, Jack is a freak. But I think that athletic ability is best utilized in a scheme that doesn't have him head up on a TE or T. That was one of the reasons he didn't get much playing time at OTTO. The team would take him out on those run downs. If you put him at LOLB in a 3-4, you would have that all over again, and while he has the speed and agility, I don't think he has the length to be an effective pass rushing LOLB. Furthermore, putting Jack at LOLB makes Fowler a question mark. I also think Jack's athletic ability is mitigated when he has to take on guards, a certainty in a 3-4. That effect is exacerbated with Telvin Smith.


2. That Ravens D of 2000 was a 4-3, not a 3-4. Sam Adams and Tony Siragusa were the DTs, and Michael McCray and Rob Burnett were the DEs. Those huge DTs allowed Ray Lewis to roam free at MLB. A few years later, circa 2003, they transitioned to a 3-4. As far as the contemporary nature of the schemes, Seattle and the Giants went to multiple Super Bowls with a 4-3 scheme, and Belicheck, a former 3-4 guy with the Giants, Cleveland, and New England, has transitioned his scheme to a 4-3 in recent years.


3. Roy Miller is not 325.