Linebackers Critical

[sportsman]

Do we have the talent at LB to be a good 3-4 defense?

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

Do we have the talent at LB to be a good 3-4 defense?

Orie Lemon, Cummings and Albright ... especially Lemon.

 

[dargonking999]

No we don't, between Ware, James Lee, Brooking, Spencer and Butler we are only good enough to run a 3-2. So hopefully Ryan sees that or else the season will be lost!

 

[supercowboy8]

We have better LBs this year than we did in 09. So yes. I don't understand wht your asking really. You do know Dallas has ran the 3-4 defense for a long while now.

My only question is do we have the talent on the DL to run the 3-4. I think we need a big NT and ratliff needs to go to DE.

 

[RS12]

Not as the roster is constructed no. ILBs cant cover.

 

[Mr Cowboy]

Orie Lemon, Cummings and Albright ... especially Lemon.

There you go, lets fill the roster with undrafted free agents!

Championship!

 

[Future]

If Brooking and James are our week 1 starters we don't.

 

[CCBoy]

I'd have to answer your question with the defense for this group of linebackers is as good as the defensive linemen allow them to be. Against Minnesota, the interior linebackers looked a little weak. That out there, Marcus Spears and Jason Hatcher were not paired up front.

If the two defensive ends on the field, become functional trash cans full of dirt, the linebacker play will elevate greatly. They will be more of a force against the run and actually be a valid source to blitz up the middle.