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Originally Posted by htismaqe
I'm pretty sure we used 4 down linemen in addition to Derrick.
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They switched back and forth so often it's hard to keep track. From 89-91, they played a straight 3-4 and he was always an OLB. After that, they played a 4-3 each year except '97, and he was either a DE or OLB depending on where they needed him most.
In '97, Gunther went to a 3-4 and DT played OLB, unless you heard Carl Peterson arguing to the franchise player committee that Dan Williams was a DT instead of a DE (in order to get the lower franchise dollar amount). If Williams was a DT as Carl claimed, then Derrick played DE. If Williams was a DE as he claimed, then Derrick played OLB. Personally, I thought Derrick played OLB that year.