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RockRam
But at a 3-4 DT/DE? I don't buy it. It's not that he won't play the position very well. It's that you don't need an AD talent to man that position. And therefore it is the .
He's not going to play DE. Granted we have no seen him play in it, but when Smart was in he played 3-tech, the outside shoudler of the guard (though he did play some on the nose when someone else was 3-tech)
But he's going to be a penetrating player, not a 3-4 DE where you are outside eye of the tackle, or even head up.
His role does not change. What changes is that in this scheme on any given play one of the two OLBers is a DE. But that's for the defense to know and the offense to find out which one is in coverage and which one has a gap. This allows the defense to disguise if they are shifted to or away from the tight end.
Then on 3rd down it will be a 4-man line with AD one of the rushers.
