05-23-2022, 10:31 AM
Positionless players is something the league has tried to transition to for about a decade now and it's starting to finally take hold. They adopted Edge/IDL over the standard OLB/DE and DE/DT a long time ago but league depth charts on websites haven't really caught up. In general, versatility allows for movement and movement creates confusion. There was a time by pre snap location you basically knew what a guy would do but now with the flexible skill sets you have a lot more post snap rotation.
A perfect example of this, last year in the playoffs we started dropping Hubbard off the edge to either leak to the flat or to spy Mahomes. That adjustment was one that made a large impact. We saw a lot of late rotations post snap of Bell essentially coming down to play as a LB essentially. The more you can do post snap the better your defense can be as QB's have gotten way too good in the presnap to just stand there and play it out.
A perfect example of this, last year in the playoffs we started dropping Hubbard off the edge to either leak to the flat or to spy Mahomes. That adjustment was one that made a large impact. We saw a lot of late rotations post snap of Bell essentially coming down to play as a LB essentially. The more you can do post snap the better your defense can be as QB's have gotten way too good in the presnap to just stand there and play it out.
