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Bears Whiskey Nut wrote:There were a lot of people that were really excited about Roy Robertson-Harris when he was acquired. Do we need to sign a big name pass rusher? Or do we think that Fangio can coach him up to be a solid compliment to Floyd. Where is RRH's ceiling? A back-up role, or future starter?
I'm a big fan of his, they've bulked him up to play 5T so he's definitely going to be in the rotation moving forward. I would think camp should be a battle between Bullard and him to start opposite Hicks.
The dude is huge. I thought that he would be a little to tall to be a 3-4 DE/5T, but then again I don't know the dynamics of the position that well.
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Actually, here is a great article on the different 3-4 base concepts. Very interesting.

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Bears Whiskey Nut wrote:
G08 wrote:
Bears Whiskey Nut wrote:There were a lot of people that were really excited about Roy Robertson-Harris when he was acquired. Do we need to sign a big name pass rusher? Or do we think that Fangio can coach him up to be a solid compliment to Floyd. Where is RRH's ceiling? A back-up role, or future starter?
I'm a big fan of his, they've bulked him up to play 5T so he's definitely going to be in the rotation moving forward. I would think camp should be a battle between Bullard and him to start opposite Hicks.
The dude is huge. I thought that he would be a little to tall to be a 3-4 DE/5T, but then again I don't know the dynamics of the position that well.
We don't know what happened to his speed since he bulked up 30-40 lbs from college to now but he's a couple of inches taller than JJ Watt/Joey Bosa and about the same weight/athletic metrics. I don't see that it would be his size that holds him back. I love his height and length at 5T, with an arm up he occupies a lot of space on passing downs even if he doesn't beat his man.
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Bears Whiskey Nut wrote:Actually, here is a great article on the different 3-4 base concepts. Very interesting.

3-4 Base Concepts
Who knew we had the answer at NT in a 3-4 all along :D knew we were silly cutting Ego Ferguson
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Isn't it a case of Goldman being a 2-gap NT, while Ferguson was best suited for defending a single gap or (as Tucker wanted) the 2 gaps when lined up over a guard (is that called a 2T?)
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