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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mradtke66" data-source="post: 862988" data-attributes="member: 4199">In a 3-4, sure it is.Most 3-4s are really defensive tackles.  The exception can be the LDE if you play a more hybrid front, which I think we do.  Your LDE is a 5T, your RDE is really a 3T.  I'd like a big run plugger at 0/1 to give us the freedom play Clark at 3T in base.   That would technically be moving Clark to DE in a 3-4 and I think he'd excel there.The LDE/5T is still a big man.  Lowry honest projects pretty well to the spot.  Obviously a little more pass rush would be desired in an ideal world, but one could do a lot worse.Part of that job is to absorb a double-team from the T and TE.  I don't know if Gary has the skill/power to do that on a consistent basis.  Perhaps he does, but if that means adding 20 pounds, we probably ruined him as an OLB.As far as a waste if all he does is back up Smith and Smith...I'd argue that both potentially wrong and potentially short sighted.If we get The Smiths to each slip down to 70% of snaps each, that means Gary would be playing 60%.  (Perhaps a bit naive math, but I think it's accurate enough for this discussion.)  As far as wrong...if he turns into the second coming of LT (I mean, probably not, but it is possible) then he cannot be a waste.  He'd bump one of the Smiths to the backup.  And we'd still have a 3-pack of really good pass rusher.  Partially for depth, partially for 3rd and Long.</blockquote>

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