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Originally Posted by T-RO
1. Ware is going to have to adjust to having his hand on the ground and perhaps more importantly will be lined up inches away from 320 lb tackles. His forte is working in open space and using his speed...not mauling
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Just like Simeon Rice who came from a...3-4 scheme before going to the Bucs.
And Ware's biggest strength is the bull rush. He uses his long arms and since he can get after the QB with the outside move, it knocks the OT off balance when he goes with the bull rush. His weakness is an inside counter. And, it's not like he always has to have his hand on the turf.
Again, same reason why Rice didn't struggle going to the 4-3 and neither did Charles Haley. Ware may not get those miscommunications amongst the opposing O-Line giving him a free run at the QB, but he's not dropping in coverage either.
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2. Spencer is undersized for the new position.
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Was Greg Spires undersized? Or Robert Mathis? They had no issues playing that side.
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3. Our strength is CB and our weakness is safeties. Yet Kiffin's D needs the opposite.
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That's not true.
Kiffin's defenses had excellent corners in Rhonde Barber and Brian Kelly. It had John Lynch at strong safety, other than that it wasn't much at FS between Damien Robinson, Dexter Jackson (huge bust at Arizona) and Sabby Piscatelli. Not exactly Paul Krause back there.
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4. We have nothing along the lines of a Warren Sapp.
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Do you know how good Jason Hatcher has been the last 2 years?
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5. We might need to consider bring in two new DTs...with bulk to compensate for the size of Ware and Spencer.
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We are more than set at DT. Ratliff, Lissemore and Hatcher are excellent fits at DT.
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