JoeyBoy718
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I see all this talk about guys being WDE/RDE or SDE/LDE. In fact, Demarcus Lawrence's draft profile said he'd be an ideal WDE, but he's seemed to thrive at SDE. Similarly, T. Crawford was drafted to be a 3-4 DE but was thought to be an ideal SDE when we switched to the 4-3, and now he seems to be best at 3-tech DT. I know Marninelli's scheme might have a bit to do with it. A 1-tech in Marinelli's scheme is probably the size of a SDE in others. However, Mincey had success as our WDE two years ago and he also played SDE and 3-tech for us.
So everyone is drooling over the DE duo that NY has just acquired, but if you look at their sizes and physical abilities, they're both very similar to Bosa. And one of them will be the WDE (I'm guessing Vernon since JPP has played the SDE during his career). I'm wondering why we couldn't do something similar. Everyone is saying we need the prototype player to play the position in this scheme. But then why is Lawrence our starting SDE? He was drafted because he's a prototype WDE. So if we drafted Bosa, could he be the WDE in the base?
On a side tangent, I know Bosa played every position on the D-line at Ohio State. I'm wondering if that would benefit us. If you draft someone like Randy Gregory, you're stuck with him only being able to play one position. But Bosa's versatility might be good in more ways than one. 1) Maybe he could be our WDE if Gregory doesn't pan out. 2) Maybe he's our SDE and Lawrence moves to WDE. 3) Maybe he becomes our 3-tech if we don't want to keep T. Crawford at his current contract. 4) Regardless of where he starts, he can fill in at three different positions if someone gets injured for a significant amount of time.
So everyone is drooling over the DE duo that NY has just acquired, but if you look at their sizes and physical abilities, they're both very similar to Bosa. And one of them will be the WDE (I'm guessing Vernon since JPP has played the SDE during his career). I'm wondering why we couldn't do something similar. Everyone is saying we need the prototype player to play the position in this scheme. But then why is Lawrence our starting SDE? He was drafted because he's a prototype WDE. So if we drafted Bosa, could he be the WDE in the base?
On a side tangent, I know Bosa played every position on the D-line at Ohio State. I'm wondering if that would benefit us. If you draft someone like Randy Gregory, you're stuck with him only being able to play one position. But Bosa's versatility might be good in more ways than one. 1) Maybe he could be our WDE if Gregory doesn't pan out. 2) Maybe he's our SDE and Lawrence moves to WDE. 3) Maybe he becomes our 3-tech if we don't want to keep T. Crawford at his current contract. 4) Regardless of where he starts, he can fill in at three different positions if someone gets injured for a significant amount of time.
