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[QUOTE="PhatOrange, post: 3290585, member: 229"]
If that's too light then we're screwed.

when the 335 was first proposed the consensus was that it would fit our current personnel and was preferred in part because it's so hard to recruit DTs.  So now we're saying it doesn't fit our personnel and we'll also need to essentially recruit even more bigger kids ?  That means we're going to need a couple of 300 pound DTs in the middle, flanked by 280 pound guys on the ends and their 275 pound backups?  I don't see that happening ever.  We're going to have to make it work with 250-260 lb ends.

Teams pass in this league, so what are the advantages to getting away from explosive edge rushers who get after the QB?  We know 3 man rushes don't work.  I'm not sure how much we want our ends tying up blockers instead of getting to the QBs.  Blitzing LBs can only be part of it.  We have a lot of success recruiting explosive ends because they're medium sized guys and there are alot of them.

I personally think we'll mix it up so much between 4-3, 335, and 5-2-4 that we won't really won't have a base D dependent on a certain sized player.  You have to be flexible enough to play to your strengths and roster and to your ability to recruit a certain type of player.
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