Is R. McClain the key to defensive success?

[Gameover]

Crawford is more of a tone setter than Ro.

 

[DandyDon52]

He is going to miss TC and maybe PS again, and better hope his knee is ok, and his head is ok.
I dont see him playing week 1 but he might.
Right now he is unknown, I think he will not be in shape either.
Cowboys shouyld have signed him in Jan, and had the knee taken care of then so he could be getting in shape and in ota and TC now.

 

[gimmesix]

I thought he really set the tone for the defense last year, but struggled late with injuries and conditioning. Moving Lee to the Will is dependent on McClain being able to stay in there. I don't think I trust Rivers or Brinkley to have the type of impact McClain had physically. What do you think?

I think pass rush is the key to defensive success. It's nice to have some tone-setters on the other levels like Lee and McClain, but improving this defense, especially in this scheme, depends on our ability to create havoc up front.

 

[CyberB0b]

To answer the OP's question, Sean Lee is better than McClain, so I'm not sure how that can be true.

I think a lot of you guys are misunderstanding my contention. We are moving Lee to Will to try to extend his play and reduce wear and tear. This hinges on McClain being able to successfully play in the middle. If he isn't an impact player, then they are wasting Lee's talents.

 

[Doomsday101]

I think a lot of you guys are misunderstanding my contention. We are moving Lee to Will to try to extend his play and reduce wear and tear. This hinges on McClain being able to successfully play in the middle. If he isn't an impact player, then they are wasting Lee's talents.

I feel Ro is a very good MLB, only issue like Lee was staying on the field. I think Ro with his size and strength is a perfect fit at the MLB position.

 

[xwalker]

I think a lot of you guys are misunderstanding my contention. We are moving Lee to Will to try to extend his play and reduce wear and tear. This hinges on McClain being able to successfully play in the middle. If he isn't an impact player, then they are wasting Lee's talents.

Hitchens said he is most comfortable at MLB. Brinkley is a good 2 down MLB.

It seems as if it would be easier to replace McClain at MLB than to replace Lee at WLB based on the backups. I guess that Hitchens would get the first shot to replace Lee at WLB assuming that McClain is playing MLB.

 

[CyberB0b]

Hitchens said he is most comfortable at MLB. Brinkley is a good 2 down MLB.

It seems as if it would be easier to replace McClain at MLB than to replace Lee at WLB based on the backups. I guess that Hitchens would get the first shot to replace Lee at WLB assuming that McClain is playing MLB.

From what I have seen, Hitchens is playing SLB now. If you try to replace McClain with Hitch, you are changing 2 positions to replace 1. I think Lee would be more effective at MLB than Hitchens, but since we haven't seen them play together, it's all conjecture.

 

[Satchel89]

I like McClain but he's not the key. He brings some nastiness which I like, But the pass rush is going to be the most important thing on defense.

 

[xwalker]

From what I have seen, Hitchens is playing SLB now. If you try to replace McClain with Hitch, you are changing 2 positions to replace 1. I think Lee would be more effective at MLB than Hitchens, but since we haven't seen them play together, it's all conjecture.

They had 2 only LBs on the field 66% of the snaps. That only leaves 34% of the snaps for the SLB. They have multiple options to play SLB which is the least difficult of the 3 LB positions.

The WLB and 3tech are considered the most important positions in Marinelli's defense.

 

[ShiningStar]

I think a lot of you guys are misunderstanding my contention. We are moving Lee to Will to try to extend his play and reduce wear and tear. This hinges on McClain being able to successfully play in the middle. If he isn't an impact player, then they are wasting Lee's talents.

you misunderstood, you did your question poorly, the rest of us saw it and answered accordingly, and the answer is still no

 

[Jstopper]

Some of yall are tripping. McClain was the heart of our defense for much of last year before the season started people were saying we might have the worst defense in NFL history. I appreciate what he brought to the table.

 

[erod]

If it's all dependent on Ro, then we are skeeeeeee-rewwwwwwwwed.