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Andre Looks Completely Lost At LB.


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BTW, they have only played 1 game. We could all be worried for nothing.

Exactly, actually they've played roughly 1 quarter in a pre-season game.

If Carter is the weak link some consider him to be, it still remains to be seen wether teams will be able to exploit this weakness to effect the outcome of games.

Here are some other 3-4 LOLB(according to SportingNews)

Jets:Calvin Pace-265

Pats:Pierre Woods-250

Dolphins:Cameron Wake

Ravens:Jarret Johnson

Steelers:James Harrison

Browns: David Bowens

Chargers:Shaun Phillips

Chiefs:Tamba Hali

Broncos:Elvis Dumervil

Cowboys:Anthony Spencer

Green Bay:Clay Matthews

49ers:Manny Lawson

Zona:Joey Porter

(Didn't realize that there that many 3-4 teams)

How many from that list can cover TEs?

Shaun Phillips, Pierre Woods and maybe Clay Matthews?

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Carter looked bad, if you saw the game, you could see Haslett on the sideline saying "what the *&%# is he doing?" "He's killing me!" Check it out. I hope they have a plan for this.

I think that fans are overreacting. The players missed gap assignments. And this can be fixed. How many yds did the Bills have at halftime?

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Exactly, actually they've played roughly 1 quarter in a pre-season game.

If Carter is the weak link some consider him to be, it still remains to be seen wether teams will be able to exploit this weakness to effect the outcome of games.

Here are some other 3-4 LOLB(according to SportingNews)

Jets:Calvin Pace-265

Pats:Pierre Woods-250

Dolphins:Cameron Wake

Ravens:Jarret Johnson

Steelers:James Harrison

Browns: David Bowens

Chargers:Shaun Phillips

Chiefs:Tamba Hali

Broncos:Elvis Dumervil

Cowboys:Anthony Spencer

Green Bay:Clay Matthews

49ers:Manny Lawson

Zona:Joey Porter

(Didn't realize that there that many 3-4 teams)

How many from that list can cover TEs?

Shaun Phillips, Pierre Woods and maybe Clay Matthews?

True... But orakpo cant cover either. Id like to see the opposite olb spot's coverage abilities.

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Jets: Vernon Gholston / Bryan Thomas

Pats: Banta-Cain / Derrick Burgess

Dolphins: Walden / Charlie Anderson ??

Ravens: Terrel Suggs

Steelers:Larry Foote

Browns: Void .... Browns suck.

Chargers:Shaun Merriman

Chiefs:Andy Studabaker / Mike Vrable ??

Broncos:Robert Ayers / Akin Ayodel

Cowboys: Demarcus Ware

Green Bay: Doesnt Matter because AJ Hawk and Nick Barnett are at ILB

49ers:Travis Laboy / Ahmad Brooks

Zona:Haggans?

Of these teams, a good bit of the rolb have ok coverage skills, and excellent containment skills. The browns suck, so i wont count them as a comparable 34. Dolphins, Chiefs, and Cards im confused as to what their situation is. Arizona had an ok defense last year. But i believe with the loss of kurt warner, that D is going to be on the field alot. Add to that the fact that an underrated Dansby is gone. That defense will fall this year.

Broncos may be in trouble after Dumervil went down. The whole defense was built around him. Green bay has 3 stud lbs, negating the need for a great cover rolb. I like travis laboy. He has moxy to me. The Steelers have Dick Labeau. 'Nuff said there.

The ravens are our most comparable defense. If we are to have a great defense, we will have to follow in their footsteps.

Gregg = Kemo

Ngata = Haynesworth

Lewis = Fletcher

Suggs = Orakpo

The rest are average. and thats ok.We have better dbs in my opinion though.

I feel like we are outclassed in each position matchup. ( although. i believe orakpo has the ability to grow into quite a specimen). The x-factor in this defense is the Safety as others have pointed out. Ed Reed is incredible. Landry... not so much. I have high hopes though. Without an Ed Reed back there, the lbs have to have much better coverage skills. This is our weak chink in our armor. We either need a better olb, or an all pro safety.

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Carter looked bad, if you saw the game, you could see Haslett on the sideline saying "what the *&%# is he doing?" "He's killing me!" Check it out. I hope they have a plan for this.

1st qtr obviously but at what time mark?

There are 11 guys on defense; how do you know Haslett was talking about him?

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Serious question here:

One of the staples of the 3-4 is the zone blitz and what seems to make the 3-4 zone blitz so dangerous is the different combinations of who's coming and who's going.

As part of this process, DE's are routinely dropping into coverage.

So why is no one freaking about watching Golston, Daniels, Carriker or Jarmon playing the pass? Why is this all about Carter and the LB's?

:helmet:

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:helmet: Yes he is struggling, but he has come along way in a couple of weeks. I went out to training camp the first week and the LB's spent more time running in to each other than making tackles. We have to settle in to the new D scheme, but it is designed to always have someone covering your back. I think he is better suited as a situational player, but has the skills to get the job done!

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I agree that it looks like that OLB spot will be our weakness on defense. Carter didn't work out well at OLB in SF and that's how he ended up here. Carter is at his best when he can rush the passer. So having him drop back into coverage is not his strong suit. Maybe we can find an OLB after some cuts. We just need a stop gap this season because I agree with KDawg that we'll address OLB in the offseason.

My first thought when Haslett was brought in and the switch to a 3-4 was made was how will AC fit in to the mix considering he didn't do well at OLB in San Fran. I know that AC doesn't fit the profile of a DE in a 3-4, but that may be the only way he can be used. Or just use him to rush on 3rd down. He's a beast of a pass rusher so I hope Haslett can find some creative ways to put him in good situations.

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We should have a larger sample of plays to watch on Saturday.

I was thinking of some things that we could collectively keep an eye out for to really figure this out:

How many times Carter is in the game at LOLB total

When he's in how many times does he set the edge vs blitz vs drops into coverage

When he is in coverage how often is he in man to man vs zone (and wether he's in short zone or carrying receivers up field)

How many times does he get beat/lost in coverage and how many times his man gets the ball

Anything else?

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