TB won with White and David in the middle.
Chicago has a very good defense with Smith in the middle. SF with Warner in the middle.
Darius Leonard in Indy, the list goes on and on.
I still think you need 1 good ILB, esp in a 34, because odds are, your OLBs are too big to run and cover on 3rd downs. They handle the run and rush the QB. In a 43, you can slide your WILL or SAM into the middle of the field that can cover RBs, TEs or that middle zone.
I also like hybrid guys. So not strictly an ILB. A Kyle Van Noy IMO would be great. He can play inside, outside and play the run or the pass.
A guy I'd love to draft is Dylan Moses. He is an exceptional athlete sideline to sideline, can hit. Is decent in coverage and is very good at rushing the QB. So you get a 2 fer here. An ILB/OLB that never has to leave the field. He played every LBer spot at Alabama and if not for his knee injury at the end of the 2019 season, he'd have been a first round pick. So starting in 2021, he will be 2 years removed from an ACL. I'd buy low on him like the Rams did with Lewis and kill 2 birds with 1 stone. And for a team that is cap strapped and lacking a 1st round pick, he makes so much sense on so many levels.
Jabril Cox also played outside in NDSUs 43 and inside in LSUs 34. Rangey and versatile. You could make the same case for Werner from OSU. McGrone is strictly a MIKE, but was used in a blitz heavy D. I'd be ok with him.
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