DoctorFeelgood
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Nobody seems to be talking about this, but in a recent article I saw, David Bowens was discussing playing DE and LB in Sabans defense. We already knew that Jason Taylor was going to be splitting time at both positions, so I think this gives us a little insight into what Saban is trying to do. It might also help explain some of his personnel moves since coming on board. Some people have asked "Why is he signing so many defensive ends?" Well, if he's going to routinely use some of those DEs at LB in certain alignments, it makes sense.
In the 3-4 alignment he wants bigger LB's... ok, so I can see a 3-4 alignment with either Traylor or Chester at NT, Holliday and Carter at DE, and D. Bowens and J. Taylor at OLB, with probably Zach and Junior, or maybe Junior and D. Spragan at ILB. That's a defense with some fairly serious bulk to it.
in the 4-3, we might see Chester and Traylor at DT, Bowens and Taylor at DE, and Junior, Zach, and maybe Derrick Pope or Donnie Spragan at LB.
It seems like we have a lot of versatilty to do a lot of different things on defense with the personnel we've brought in. And that's without even considering the rookies.
In the 3-4 alignment he wants bigger LB's... ok, so I can see a 3-4 alignment with either Traylor or Chester at NT, Holliday and Carter at DE, and D. Bowens and J. Taylor at OLB, with probably Zach and Junior, or maybe Junior and D. Spragan at ILB. That's a defense with some fairly serious bulk to it.
in the 4-3, we might see Chester and Traylor at DT, Bowens and Taylor at DE, and Junior, Zach, and maybe Derrick Pope or Donnie Spragan at LB.
It seems like we have a lot of versatilty to do a lot of different things on defense with the personnel we've brought in. And that's without even considering the rookies.
