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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 497635">Well, we'll find out soon enough when Joe Staley fires off the line looking to bury him. I get the Ketchem new age stuff even if it isn't very new...we've been talking about lighter, taller DEs with length since FA started...actually, since Jenkins departed. It makes sense on the weak side. But if you put two 280 lb. DEs on the field in a 3-4 you'll get steamrolled. So, the comments on Sly Williams are somewhat off base. He's a guy who could hold the point of attack on the strong side while able to move inside in nickel. He was the Pickett replacement, not the Jenkins replacement. We need both. And that "DEs that look like OLBs and OLBs that look like DEs" thing is a little bizarre...that describes what 4-3 defenses look like. If that's what is being proposed, then it should be stated. And that takes me back to my first reaction...if we're going to keep picking 4-3 players, what will we get in trade for Matthews...he'd be wasted in a 4-3. We could run out a pretty impressive 4-3 D-Line of Perry and Jones at DE, Worthy (when healthy) and Raji at DT. Stopping guys like Kaepernick and RGIII starts with playing zone defense. A DE who runs 2/10ths faster than some other guy isn't going to make much difference, especially if he's not working off Staley's (or whoever's) block.</blockquote>

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