LabattBlue Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 The Bills OLB corp has a very good chance of being a train wreck this season. They consist of four guys who played DE last year(one of who is leaning towards retirement, another one who is a mediocre DE and two others who were nailed to the bench). In addition, you have a late round draft choice. You have to look no further than the failed Aaron Kampan expirement to know that the Bills are walking on thin ice when it comes to this position for 2010. I can't figure out which position is more likely to kill the Bills this year...OLB or OT.
CosmicBills Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 Last season the Bills had the worst LB corps in the league. Poz has moments, but overall is vastly overrated by most people on this board who love the kid's story and roots. Still, he's not a bad LB by anymeans. Just not a great LB. But he's young. The rest of the LBs, Mitchell aside, were down right laughable. Even in the Tampa 2 scheme where smaller, quick LBs are supposed to excell, our LB corps looked like a JV team. Hell, some of them wouldn't even make the JV team. Now, I never played in a 3-4 defense so I don't know much about techniques. But it seems to me that in the 3-4 scheme our LBs will be forced to take on more Guards and Tackles than they would do when they have 4 DL in front of them to protect 'em. That is ... alarming. Obviously our DE's who are moving to OLB will be able to handle that (in theory). But the rest of our undersized LBs? Not so much. I know that it is going to take time to transition into the new schemes on both sides of the ball. And that it's impossible to fix all the massive, gaping holes on this team in one off season. But the failure to seriously address the LB position in this past off season doesn't bode well for this coming season.
San Jose Bills Fan Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 Now, I never played in a 3-4 defense so I don't know much about techniques. But it seems to me that in the 3-4 scheme our LBs will be forced to take on more Guards and Tackles than they would do when they have 4 DL in front of them to protect 'em. That is ... alarming. Obviously our DE's who are moving to OLB will be able to handle that (in theory). But the rest of our undersized LBs? Not so much. I've had this same thought, T. I actually think on some level that Chris Kelsay projects better to inside linebacker than outside. Inside backers in the 3-4 do have to take on more center/guard blocks directly. Chris Brown reports that Kelsay is playing at the same weight as last year, app. 260 lbs. That's the weight that guys like Matt Millen and Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds played at. I'd be curious to know if the Bills coaches have considered flexing Kelsay between OLB and ILB, because to me, it makes some sense, especially in view of Paul Poszluzny's admission (via Chris Brown today) that he played at 238 lbs last year and wants to add 2-3 more pounds.
Nanker Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 Well, you asked. This, , and this is what a 3-4 OLB looks like in action, For extra credit, looks like. Oh, and here's what an offense can look like when they know what the foose they're doing. Oh, and don't miss at 4:45 in what the other OLB in the 3-4 can do.
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