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[QUOTE="wfschrec, post: 5189274, member: 361"]
I firmly believe the defensive dynamics change when Wax returns.  I get the feeling the following facts are at play here:

1.). Wax is out and they felt Diggs was the  best choice athletically and from a leadership perspective to replace him as McDonald doesn’t have his foot speed.

2.) Barnes is out forcing Bellamy into action and forcing position changes like moving Barron to a hybrid LB to make up for lack of speed at the position.  Pretty sure I remember reading he was moved into more of a LB role in the D I could however be wrong.

3.) Pass rush depth outside of Diggs isn’t quite there yet.

I feel this nasty combination of factors has forced Elijah to use guys in ways they weren’t intended.  Players have had to learn new roles or pressing guys not quite as ready or as athletic into roles.

Robinson is going to force teams to run more plays, hope for mistakes and make offenses work for it which as college players they are more prone to do.

I suspect when Wax is back then Diggs moves up front and I suspect we will see a better pass rush and hopefully a more aggressive set of defensive play calls.  Hoping that is the case …
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