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<blockquote data-quote="mradtke66" data-source="post: 892434" data-attributes="member: 4199"><p>It worked adequately last year, though obviously you'd like to be able to be stout(er) when facing a team like the 2019 49ers.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>For the most part, I agree with their approach. ILB generally isn't an impact position.</p><p></p><p>It is a passing league, so the snot-bubble MLB of years past is less valuable. Against 90% of the league, he's a 1-2 down player. And when he is on the field, a good offense will work to identify his pass coverage responsibilities and target him. ILB is basically the defense equivalent of the fullback. </p><p></p><p>Instead, you want a good coverage guy who's smart and good enough to not be a liability in the run defense. Turns out those guys are rare, so you have to draft them early. There is normally only 1-2 guys per draft that meet this criteria and they go early. Normally we draft too late to have a chance at these guys.</p><p></p><p>So we're left with taking oversized safeties and late round prospects and hope we can cobble together an adequate ILB platoon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mradtke66, post: 892434, member: 4199"] It worked adequately last year, though obviously you'd like to be able to be stout(er) when facing a team like the 2019 49ers. For the most part, I agree with their approach. ILB generally isn't an impact position. It is a passing league, so the snot-bubble MLB of years past is less valuable. Against 90% of the league, he's a 1-2 down player. And when he is on the field, a good offense will work to identify his pass coverage responsibilities and target him. ILB is basically the defense equivalent of the fullback. Instead, you want a good coverage guy who's smart and good enough to not be a liability in the run defense. Turns out those guys are rare, so you have to draft them early. There is normally only 1-2 guys per draft that meet this criteria and they go early. Normally we draft too late to have a chance at these guys. So we're left with taking oversized safeties and late round prospects and hope we can cobble together an adequate ILB platoon. [/QUOTE]
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