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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wist43" data-source="post: 560991" data-attributes="member: 9839">We only played a 3-4 about 20% of the time over the past few years - so we didn't have anybody playing NT most of the time anyway. In Capers "jumbo nickel", he had Pickett and Raji lined up as DT's, not on the nose. If we are going to play nickel 75-80% of the time, then stopping the run isn't going to be determined by how Raji performs at NT, it will be more dependent upon how Capers uses the DL in the nickel. Playing the "jumbo nickel" was a disaster the way Capers has played it. Given that we no longer have Pickett, I would expect that Capers will necessarily have to play more 3-3. If all Capers does is substitute Boyd for Pickett in continuing to play the "jumbo nickel", then I would expect our pathetic run defense to remain pathetic. We simply don't have the talent at ILB to get away with playing the "jumbo nickel" the way Capers plays it. I still like Raji as a player; granted, he underperformed last year, but that was a much Capers fault as anything else.</blockquote>

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