I have time for a couple of quick hits.
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Originally Posted by Yakuza Rich
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.
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It's one thing to have a bull rush when your first contact with the lineman is after a 3-5 step head start. It's entirely different when you have to generate that from a 1 step burst. Haley had an inside power move unlike anything I've ever seen from Ware. Rice an Mathis are interesting and more optimistic comps I concede. It seems to me at this point in his career that Ware has a difficult time disengaging. He can get swallowed up. (I'm not just talking about when he was playing hurt) That scares me a lot in the 4-3.
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Originally Posted by Yakuza Rich
...but he's not dropping in coverage either.
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Ware was in coverage less than 20% of time. And I think that helps a lot, IMO. The O-line can't anticipate who to block.
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We are more than set at DT. Ratliff, Lissemore and Hatcher are excellent fits at DT.
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Lissemore and Hatcher are ideally suited for DE in the 3-4. Lissemore is good backup. He isn't a difference maker. Ratliff is on the tail-end of his career. As it has been rightly commented...Sapp had left Tampa Bay when he was Ratliff's age.