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The Fangio defense revolves around the OLB's. On any given play they are tasked with deciding whether to rush, run defend or cover.

And if varies on the down distance and the call.

IMO, Hoecht uses his hands well in the pass rush, he put together good hand usage. So to me that shows he's a hard worker and smart.

But being realistic---he's not going to be able to sustain being an edge. He's 6-3, 310 pounds and runs a 5.2 forty. He lacks the
prerequisite physical ability to be what Rams need.

His future is as a base end.

You didn’t answer my question, 53.

While I acknowledge that Hoecht is not the ‘prototypical’ OLB type, it is nevertheless true that he clearly outplayed both Hollins and Lewis’ best efforts in these last 2 games. My question was why did Morris keep overlooking the Hoecht option while stubbornly sending out Hollins and Lewis for weeks after McVay himself acknowledged that they knew Hoecht had potential? An awkward personnel mistake in hindsight.

I think it’s an ongoing Morris flaw, tbh.