Oh yeah, the lightning package is the one with three LEOs. I take the three would by Yannick, Allen and then your Smoot-Datone winner as the inside LEO... keeping in mind Wash has done away with all this terminology.

I’d guess

Allen - Dareus - Campbell - Ngakoue

I can see that although I tend to think that'll be more of a common package.

For the lightening package it's all about pass rush on a down where you know they're not running. For that matter, I can also see...

Allen - Campbell - Datone (or Smoot) - Ngakoue

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O.K., I get it now. He's an Dom Caper's guy that will fit our defensive scheme.

Time Will Tell.

NH3...

Precisely. The elephant role would be the ideal spot for the LDT "in some of the things we do" when the LDE is actually an "outside linebacker" as Wash phrases it.

Time for a review.

As tempting as it is to make the size association, the "elephant" is not the big, strong side DE.  The elephant is another name for the LEO or edge rusher.

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[url=http://fastandfuriousfootball.com/wp-content/uploads/prodefense2/92_49ers_34.pdf]1992 San Francisco 49ers 3-4 Defensive Playbook

The Elephant front turned into it's own position, with Carroll eventually changing the name to "Leo." The Leo isn't particularly unique in and of itself. Most defenses have some kind of unique name for their weakside edge player (Buck/Whip/Jack), but Carroll plays him in a particularly loose alignment, and he's the one player along the front who isn't concerned with getting one-yard upfield and anchoring in this defense. He can line up standing up or with his hand in the ground, and sole focus is to be the primary pass rusher and wreak havoc in the backfield. Ultimately, what makes Carroll's defense unique is how the huge gap between the Leo and the next defensive lineman along the scrimmage is defended.

https://www.bigcatcountry.com/2013/1/19/...o-position

For those of you who dismiss bigcatcountry, there's this...

The elephant position is not a new term in football. It goes back to Charles Haley (and Rickey Jackson and Chris Doleman and others) with the 49ers, who used the elephant pass-rushing role very effectively in the 1980s and 1990s under George Seifert. Pete Carroll long has been a proponent of the position — also called a "Leo" rusher — in the 4-3 scheme now used by the Seahawks and Jaguars, under Gus Bradley. Other well-known players to assume the role were Willie McGinest and Jason Taylor.

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-sh...29356.html

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Worst to 1st.  Curse Reversed!

Precisely. The elephant role would be the ideal spot for the LDT "in some of the things we do" when the LDE is actually an "outside linebacker" as Wash phrases it.

Time for a review.

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You are correct.  
Also outlined earlier in thread:
https://www.duvalpride.com/showthread.ph...pid1216427

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Time for a review.

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You are correct.  
Also outlined earlier in thread:
https://www.duvalpride.com/showthread.ph...pid1216427

Apologies for missing your post.

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Worst to 1st.  Curse Reversed!

You are correct.  
Also outlined earlier in thread:
https://www.duvalpride.com/showthread.ph...pid1216427

Apologies for missing your post.

None required. 

I enjoyed the refresher from all of those reference articles we dug up.

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