3-4 Defense?

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(12-21-2018, 07:45 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Sorry, but I just can't get on board with that analysis.  First of all, at 6'5" a 270# man can still be athletic.  Keeping in mind that Hubbard comes from an All-State Safety background.  That is not to say that a 6'1" 300# Geno Atkins isn't athletic, but hopefully you get my point.  Secondly, most ALL 3-4 defenses feature a LB that is more of a 4-3 style DE, who sets the edge, occasionally drops into coverage, and rushes the QB.  In a 3-4 defense, it's the inside backers that need to be quicker, and can be more compact than a traditional MIKE or WILL in a 4-3.

Except they did this already with Michael Johnson and it wasted 2.5 years of his career.

First he was a DE, then an OLB, then a DE, then an OLB, then Odom got hurt and he had to go back to DE.

The guy kept dropping and adding weight, and it took a full offseason of him preparing for nothing but DE to put on enough weight to be good. That's why his first two years were forgettable. They kept yo-yo-ing him back and forth.

Hubbard was drafted to be a 4-3 DE, he's practiced and trained to be a 4-3 DE. He's had good first success as a 4-3 DE his rookie year. Let him use the offseason to keep getting better. Not to drop 10-15 pounds and focus on being able to cover a guy.

Hubbard is like 50 pounds+ heavier than he was when he played safety.