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Mr. Scot

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Mr. Scot

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Would you prefer a starting LB corps of...

MLB Dan Connor

SLB James Anderson

WLB Jon Beason

or...

MLB Jon Beason

SLB Eric Norwood

WLB James Anderson

(Dan Connor would move back to being the backup MLB)

Not a lot of game tape yet, mind you, but going off what you've seen so far...

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Norwood had a good night rushing the passer but it's WAY too early to tell if he's starting LB material. Anderson actually did a great job so I would not move him. The only other lineup I'd consider would be Anderson at SLB, Beason MLB and Williams at WLB. That said, the way we're lining up now (Beason at weakside, Connor in the middle) will be real scary once they get used to it.

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Anything that put's Beason back in the middle, Beason just can't cover or stick with the speed TE's, and he needs to be in all of the plays collectively.

On the flip Norwood has excellent speed, and great pass rushing moves. Several instances tonight showed him breezing through chip offs and TE's.

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The weakside linebacker is an important player in Ron Meeks scheme. Likely as not, that's why Beason is now in that spot.

I understand the rationale of putting Beason there over Connor, but I was never real high on the idea of moving Beason out of the middle.

Can he still be the "quarterback" of the defense from the weak side? Sure, but being in the middle puts him in better position to be that prototypical "sideline to sideline" player.

To be perfectly frank, I'm just not sure Dan Connor can play that role.

Yeah, it's just one game, but if you put a gun to my head right now, I'm going for option two.

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