beast
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13 days ago
So... in the 4-3, how would you line them up?

First off, which one is the Middle LB?
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Martha Careful
12 days ago

So... in the 4-3, how would you line them up?

First off, which one is the Middle LB?

Originally Posted by: beast 

AN EXCELLENT QUESTION!!!!

None of the guys being discussed...IMO it would be McDuffie.

I think your MLB, especially in a 4-3 is generally the "green dot" guy and Walker Hooper and Cooper are not green dot guys.

My reticence for excitement about these guys as MLBs is that the position generally requires reading, processing, and reacting. It doesn't matter what your 40 time or quick muscle twitch speed is if your grey matter processor is slow.

If they are blitzing, yes their speed is wonderful. But if they have to figure out which guy to cover, or which zone to cover after shifts and motion, and defensive audibles, there is a great likelihood of error and late assignment execution.

Perhaps a safety can wear the green dot.
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earthquake
12 days ago

Perhaps a safety can wear the green dot.

Originally Posted by: Martha Careful 



Are you thinking Xavier McKinney? Looks like it was De'Vondre Campbell last year.
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Martha Careful
12 days ago

Are you thinking Xavier McKinney? Looks like it was De'Vondre Campbell last year.

Originally Posted by: earthquake 

YES
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beast
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12 days ago

AN EXCELLENT QUESTION!!!!

None of the guys being discussed...IMO it would be McDuffie.

I think your MLB, especially in a 4-3 is generally the "green dot" guy and Walker Hooper and Cooper are not green dot guys.

My reticence for excitement about these guys as MLBs is that the position generally requires reading, processing, and reacting. It doesn't matter what your 40 time or quick muscle twitch speed is if your grey matter processor is slow.

If they are blitzing, yes their speed is wonderful. But if they have to figure out which guy to cover, or which zone to cover after shifts and motion, and defensive audibles, there is a great likelihood of error and late assignment execution.

Perhaps a safety can wear the green dot.

Originally Posted by: Martha Careful 


Are you thinking Xavier McKinney? Looks like it was De'Vondre Campbell last year.

Originally Posted by: earthquake 



It's almost always the MLB, because they have to be able to talk with everyone, and MLB is in the middle.

FS is kinda far from the DL.
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12 days ago

It's almost always the MLB, because they have to be able to talk with everyone, and MLB is in the middle.

FS is kinda far from the DL.

Originally Posted by: beast 



Yeah, that's my concern with having a safety wear it. If he's the free safety in a single-high look he's 20 yards away from everyone else.

I wonder if Quay Walker gets it? But I'm not sure if he's a MLB in the new scheme.
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10 days ago
As for the new subject line, the MLB wears the green dot, but who's the MLB?

I'm guessing Walker or Cooper. But that's a random guess. Walker is listed as 10 lbs heavier than the others.
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Zero2Cool
10 days ago

As for the new subject line, the MLB wears the green dot, but who's the MLB?

I'm guessing Walker or Cooper. But that's a random guess. Walker is listed as 10 lbs heavier than the others.

Originally Posted by: beast 



I'm not sure it has to be a LB. I thought for few games we had a Safety with green dot. Could have been preseason though.

Seeing as Nickel is played most and we'll have two LB's -- my guess is whichever will be on the field in Dime defense as well. That way it's one voice throughout any formation.
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