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I still want him back at S. But he put up some impressive numbers at LB this year in coverage.
And we'll still have him at linebacker in the dime, with Wilson and Hooker at safety and our top three corners in the game. I think Overshown will end up being the other linebacker in those situations, but we'll see. I don't think Kendricks will be out there unless the yardage dictates it and Parsons will be at DE in passing situations. I agree on Clark. I guess his main hope is that he outplays Overshown for snaps.Bell is fine as a LB in passing situations, not so sure about where Clark fits in
6-2 1/8 212 at the combineHowever, that's not where the team was struggling.
Where did this 6'3, 205 LB linebacker rate in run defense?
I still want him back at S. But he put up some impressive numbers at LB this year in coverage.
If anyone can get an undersized guy to work at LB, it's Zimm... Dexter Coakley, Dat Nguyen, both starters.Bell and Overshown are not the typical Zimmer style LB's. His defense doesn't seem to use a lot of "tweeners". They would be situational players only on passing plays.
Then again, Zimmer has shown the ability to be flexible in the past. It was Zimmer who converted the Cowboys 4-3 to a 3-4 during Parcel's tenure.
In fact, while doing so, the Cowboys reached the highest defensive ranking in the history of the franchise. Go look. When you think of past defenses you think of Doomsday, and the 90's defense. Those HC's and coordinators never achieved the #1 ranking in either yards or scoring while ranking #2 overall in the other category.
In 2003 the Cowboys defense was ranked #1 overall in yardage and #2 overall in scoring. Mike Zimmer used a 4-3 but employed a lot of 3-4 concepts including blitzing from anywhere. That season, 10 of 11 defensive starters recorded at least one sack.
I still want him back at S. But he put up some impressive numbers at LB this year in coverage.