Toshiero Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 With the latest signing on the DL I would do with Merriman what we did with Paup when we got him. I would put him at OLB right behind Mario Williams. Paup was usually lined up off Bruces shoulder making it pure hell to block that side. Or line him up outside Anderson, either way if Merriman can come back and be a productive pass rusher, it gets our best talent on the field at one time. Also It will help Merriman to not have to take on offensive linemen as a DE every down so that will help his Ankle. Looking at the DL right now I think we will ask to have a couple guys (kelsay) take a paycut or restructure for cap room. I wouldn't cut any of them right now as we now have the best DL in the NFL and proven depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Syracuse Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I know I'm getting old but I remember Paup being lined up off of Hansen's shoulder. Am I losing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I know I'm getting old but I remember Paup being lined up off of Hansen's shoulder. Am I losing it? You are correct about off of whose shoulder he lined up. As for losing it - are the two things related? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 With the latest signing on the DL I would do with Merriman what we did with Paup when we got him. I would put him at OLB right behind Mario Williams. Paup was usually lined up off Bruces shoulder making it pure hell to block that side. Or line him up outside Anderson, either way if Merriman can come back and be a productive pass rusher, it gets our best talent on the field at one time. Also It will help Merriman to not have to take on offensive linemen as a DE every down so that will help his Ankle. Looking at the DL right now I think we will ask to have a couple guys (kelsay) take a paycut or restructure for cap room. I wouldn't cut any of them right now as we now have the best DL in the NFL and proven depth. So your saying we should run a 34? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shibuya Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 We ran a 3-4 with Bruce therefore the OLB was used for pass rushing exclusively. In a 4-3 the OLB has to cover and fill the gaps... Merriman is a DE in the 4-3 and will be lining up the opposite side of Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 We ran a 3-4 with Bruce therefore the OLB was used for pass rushing exclusively. In a 4-3 the OLB has to cover and fill the gaps... Merriman is a DE in the 4-3 and will be lining up the opposite side of Williams You could slide Williams inside with merrimen at end maybe in packages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webster Guy Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 We ran a 3-4 with Bruce therefore the OLB was used for pass rushing exclusively. In a 4-3 the OLB has to cover and fill the gaps... Merriman is a DE in the 4-3 and will be lining up the opposite side of Williams Merriman will have to beat out Mark Anderson to be our pass rushing specialist. Either way we have a deadly 4 man rush on passing downs and we have depth as well. Wanny is big on getting 4 animals upfront and having the remaining 7 focused on contain and cover. He's not a gimmick guy--stack the deck on the line and dare em to throw. No zone blitzes or complexities. Get pressure with four, stuff the run and keep em under 17 points a game. Training camp will be interesting this year because that open DE spot is still up for grabs in non-passing downs. Anderson is too small to play 1st and 2nd down in a 4-3 which is why guys like Dwan and Carrington and Spencer are probably all dying for the opportunity to be the starting 4th man on a line with 3 other pro bowlers. LB's will be interesting too. I think they will only keep one from the Batten/Moats tandem and give White one more year. I wish camp started today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orton's Arm Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 With the latest signing on the DL I would do with Merriman what we did with Paup when we got him. I would put him at OLB right behind Mario Williams. Paup was usually lined up off Bruces shoulder making it pure hell to block that side. Or line him up outside Anderson, either way if Merriman can come back and be a productive pass rusher, it gets our best talent on the field at one time. Also It will help Merriman to not have to take on offensive linemen as a DE every down so that will help his Ankle. Looking at the DL right now I think we will ask to have a couple guys (kelsay) take a paycut or restructure for cap room. I wouldn't cut any of them right now as we now have the best DL in the NFL and proven depth. Bryce Paup was a perfect fit for the 3-4 defense Wade Phillips ran. In a 3-4, you're typically rushing your three down linemen, plus one extra guy. That one extra guy was often Paup. The advantage to this is that, before the snap, offenses wouldn't know who that extra guy would be. So you could create unpredictability without having to rush more than four guys. With Wannestadt's 4-3, he's rushing four guys already in the form of his down linemen. He's not a big fan of blitzing. Including Merriman as a LB would signal to the offense that a blitz was coming. Then, pre-snap, the QB could figure out how to exploit whatever coverage vulnerabilities that blitz would create. I'm not saying that putting Merriman in as a pass rushing LB would never be a good idea; because there probably will be times when that's exactly the right thing to do. (Assuming he recovers and stays recovered, of course!) But Merriman cannot have a Paup-like impact in this defense, at least not at LB. If the goal is to get him a lot of sacks, he needs to play on the DL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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