Interesting comment. Because I saw quite a bit of this alignment especially with Mario Sunday. While Schwartz used this to free up Kyle and Dareus, Rex uses it to blitz safeties. It worked fairly well against the Texans. Especially late when they had to throw.
OP, did you watch the Oakland game? While still in the playoff hunt the offense played as bad a game as they did in a decade.
The offense is far far better this year. I don't even think it is because Hackett is gone. His schemes seem to get guys open. EJ and Orton just sucked at QB. I was an EJ guy but it is clear now that he may not even be a below average backup. TT is just a few half seconds, an extra pump, and an inch or two off target from being truly great.
Even the line is better than last year. As bad as RG has been this year LG was much worse.