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Originally Posted by Chris Meck
If it was me, I'm paying Willie and Bolton both.
Ascending difference makers, both of them.
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We're pretty good against the run this year, and I think the biggest reason for that is Gay and Bolton both playing full time instead of sitting behind ****ing Hitchens
Paul Alexander was on Miller/Kirwin's show on NFL Network radio, and they were talking about Chris Jones. He brought up that Jones sometimes could be a liability against the run, but it's not as much of a deal this year because he's being moved around on the line more than he ever has and also because Spagnuolo is using that to his advantage and putting our LBs in positions to close gaps off if Jones goes too aggressive on a rush when it ends up being run.
I know the complaint doesn't apply to speedier Will backers who are still valuable to modern defenses, particularly if they can rush the passer as well, but LBs have been kind of the interior OL of the defense in terms of losing their positional value. But damn, when they suck, it makes your defense suck. And when they're great, it makes a ton of other things around you on defense also great.