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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 673191">In base defense?  I think that's a stretch other than a here-or-there spot snap.  In nickel, I would expect Peppers to get some snaps at 3-tech at some point with or without Pennel as we've seen in the past.  Perhaps Jones as well, but that's somewhat doubtful given Capers proclamation last year that Jones needs to play against OTs.  Lack of other option due to injury or performance issues could change that.  I don't see Jones as a base DE at all.  They tried to board that train but it left the station.Peppers came to Green Bay with the promise of playing OLB to elongate his career.  And he wants to continue playing after this season.  I don't think he'd be too keen about mixing it up inside on regular basis.  Maybe one or two games in rotation...against Minnesota.In the past Peppers has on occasion put his hand in the dirt from the 9-tech spot in elephantine fashion as a quasi-DE in a hybrid front.  Seeing that again would not be a revelation.In base, they need to get Clark off the nose and in the 5-gap to see what he can do there.  He's getting pushed around at the nose on both single and double teams against second stringers. I'd like to get a look at him as a gap player, but I'm not holding my breath.</blockquote>

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