03-23-2018, 10:32 AM
(03-23-2018, 10:27 AM)fredtoast Wrote: I think part of it is that in a 4-3 scheme the LBs are not supposed to be the big play makers. Most "big name" LBs are 3-4 OLBs who get tons of sacks
But we have still missed on a lot of players.
When Marvin first arrived he brought in a lot of LBs. Free agents Greg Hardy and Nate . Two third rounders in '04 (Landon Johnson, Caleb Miller) and a first and second rounder in '05 (Pollack and Thurman). But none of them worked out very well.
Then after that we did not seem to be really interested in LBs until we used a first on Rivers and a second on Maualuga.
That's because people now associate Sacks to Linebackers when really in a 3-4 OLB basically act as the DE. People love pass rushers because they can "evaluate" them, they get a sack they are good and if they don't they aren't. Stack linebackers really are tackling machines and they should cover the middle and flats at times. The reality is 4-3 linebackers are more closely related to inside 3-4 linebackers which don't get a ton of press either.
