Very important, no doubt, to create even more room for AD to do his thing. But Equally important is someone at the NT to stop the run.
Giving up 5.1 per isn't going to win you very many games. Sure the offense should still score a bunch but come playoff time you
can't let teams run the ball. When they can , they become balanced , and that leads to long drives, scores, and loss in TOP.
Add a run stuffing ILB, and the deep safety and this defense can be very special. That's 3 areas that ,if fixed, will see this team
set for another deep run.