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Originally Posted by RunKC
Couldn’t this argument be emphasized with Leo Chenal? The guy is arguably the most vital player to our run defense. He’s destroying the running lanes allowing guys like Bolton to get unblocked.
Idk man I’m thinking we need to keep that guy somehow. He’s the strongest guy on the team and is extremely important to coverage schemes.
He’s pretty much a DL in a LB’s body. We are gonna put him on the DL to simulate a Bear front and he’s one of the most athletic LB’s in the league.
Feels like the run defense would take a massive hit losing him.
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Maybe.
But he ain't a pending FA just yet.
And, let's not overstate his impact either. Nick Bolton took 388 snaps in run defense this year.
Leo Chenal took 219. That's only 10 more than Mike Danna.
No, he's not the most important part of our run defense because he's not even on the field for half the carries we face. I'd like to try to keep him, absolutely.
But let's not act like he's even CLOSE to as important to this run defense as Nick Bolton is.