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After I read Stephen Jone's latest comments, I was a little concerned to hear him say this on the NT position not so much for the scheme we go with but WHY we go with it. Well, I'm lying, I gotta admit I am a believer of the bigger NT pushing the pocket back philosophy when you have a HOF outside pass rusher in DeMarcus Ware in order to maximize your pass rush potential. Not to mention it makes his earlier statements of having an ideal MILB crew of Lee and Carter hard to establish. Both are undersized ILB's with speed who need some cover, even though Lee has shown to be just fine in our current system seem unrealistic. Here is the quote I'm talking about,
" Ratliff might have a longer career at the 5 tech, but its hard to convince a player to move when he’s had so much success there. He likes taking advantage of those slow guards and centers. Both Ryan and Wade have said they can go with either style nosetackle, they just need to know what they have so they can scheme accordingly".
Why would they be trying to CONVINCE him to switch to the 5 tech unless it was an idea populated by the staff? So Ratliff chooses our defensive philosophy of being the one 3-4 team without a prototypical NT?
For the posters with the "RATLIFF IS NOT MOVING TO DE, GET OVER IT" need to rethink their positions. The staff has obviously wanted to tinker with the fronts but have stalled that transition until Ratliff has changed his willingness to play some DE in the 3-4 rotation. Why bring in a prototypical 3-4 NT when you know it will only make your best pass rushing lineman disgruntled for moving to a position he doesn't feel he is best suited for? IS that the reason for the lack of activity on NT front?
Of course Ratliff should play the inside in the nickel pass rush, but he shouldn't be our NT on running downs. Our staff seems to know it but I guess don't have the guts to make it ugly?
BTW, I know our RUN D was fine last year (7th I believe, not sure on that one), I'm speaking of the opponent's 3-step drops where a big NT could push a c/g into a QB's face and interrupt the timing, giving our outside rushers more time and our corners and opportunity to jump routes. Sorry for the rant...
" Ratliff might have a longer career at the 5 tech, but its hard to convince a player to move when he’s had so much success there. He likes taking advantage of those slow guards and centers. Both Ryan and Wade have said they can go with either style nosetackle, they just need to know what they have so they can scheme accordingly".
Why would they be trying to CONVINCE him to switch to the 5 tech unless it was an idea populated by the staff? So Ratliff chooses our defensive philosophy of being the one 3-4 team without a prototypical NT?
For the posters with the "RATLIFF IS NOT MOVING TO DE, GET OVER IT" need to rethink their positions. The staff has obviously wanted to tinker with the fronts but have stalled that transition until Ratliff has changed his willingness to play some DE in the 3-4 rotation. Why bring in a prototypical 3-4 NT when you know it will only make your best pass rushing lineman disgruntled for moving to a position he doesn't feel he is best suited for? IS that the reason for the lack of activity on NT front?
Of course Ratliff should play the inside in the nickel pass rush, but he shouldn't be our NT on running downs. Our staff seems to know it but I guess don't have the guts to make it ugly?
BTW, I know our RUN D was fine last year (7th I believe, not sure on that one), I'm speaking of the opponent's 3-step drops where a big NT could push a c/g into a QB's face and interrupt the timing, giving our outside rushers more time and our corners and opportunity to jump routes. Sorry for the rant...
