CFZ The increasing importance of Hybrid players in the NFL- the Cowboys have several

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A TE that can block and catch is not a hybrid player.

A RB that is a good receiver is not a hybrid player unless he plays significant snaps lined up as an actual WR. They have not used Pollard as a WR very often...primarily in empty backfield sets.

If the Cowboys were a 3-4 defense, then Parsons wouldn't be a hybrid. He would just be a really good 3-4 OLB.

It's not a new concept.

Well…that’s your opinion and you’re welcome to it. But there are plenty of football ”gurus” who would disagree with your opinion.

Warren Sharp‘s article from 2020 has some good insight on recent defensive hybrid players.
https://www.sharpfootballanalysis.c...ders-tyrann-mathieu-jamal-adams-derwin-james/

Jeff Hopkins of “American Football Today“ wrote this in April 2023 on “The Rise of Hybrid Defensive Players”.
https://www.americanfootballtoday.c...sive-players-revolutionizing-football-defense