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(Yesterday, 05:21 PM)bfine32 Wrote: And the part I think you're assuming is that we're going to leave him in at the sacrifice of a DB, I think it'll be more of 3-dlinemen on the pass playes.

This is the snap count from a typical Notre Dame game last year:


https://247sports.com/college/notre-dame/article/every-snap-counts-notre-dame-vs-usc-241132821/

Their "#1 DE" had 17 snaps. Golden plays through his LBs at all three levels.  He seems to be heavy on 3  down linemen and 4-5 DBs. He has LB types all over the rest of the field. Will it work? IDK, but we did pick him for the job and it seems to be the way he drafted

We could easily play a 3-3-5 under Golden 

Al Golden ran mostly a 4-man front with a stand up LEO (VYPER in his terminology) they are listed as a "LB" but they are an Edge. Josh Burnham, Junior Tuihalamaka, Bryce Young, and RJ Oben are all Edge Defenders. 


Mike Santagana for Sports Illustrated wrote and excellent breakdown of Goldens Defense a couple months ago.

https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/allbengals-insiders-plus/cincinnati-bengals-breakdown-analyzing-front-end--al-goldens-defense