You present a fine example of "static analysis", beast. But then the ball is snapped and all hell breaks loose - basically every play in a football game. You need "dynamic analysis". The big bulky D Linemen you like fill two gaps - fine. On a straight ahead play that probably is effective, although even then, a great man once coined the phrase, "run to daylight". More often than not, though, you have a trap play or linemen pulling on a sweep or a read option or whatever, and your big immobile types are spectators or if they are hustling, trying to chase down people a whole lot faster than they are. And that isn't even getting to pass plays where for the most part, the kind of D Linemen you like are liabilities.
I ask you what I asked Buckeye, have you seen the Dave Aranda D for the Badgers? Rarely, in short yardage situations, they sub in a big ugly or two, but for the most part, they put a smaller guy on the nose. It is an extreme mobility oriented D, and it works pretty well. Sure, it's college, but I think the concept would do well in the NFL too. Basically, it's what Capers is trending to more and more - probably in part because we get ahead and other teams play catch up.
I'd MUCH rather have that kind of D trying to defense Kaepernick instead of having several players out there that are just hopeless in terms of speed and athleticism.
Yeah, NFL coaches know a helluva lot more than we do, and college coaches too - and Capers is near the top of that list - which is undoubtedly why we will see mobility on our D stop Kaepernick - successfully I hope, and Raji and Guion mostly on the bench.
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