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Originally Posted by SeeingRed
yep you are 100% correct...the combo of Poe & Cat is a very good inside pass rushing tandem with Houston and Hali on outside...Cat & Howard not as much....makes a difference. But without Poe in run game it makes a difference too....you can't replace Dontari Poe. Its a HUGE loss...literally.
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No, but having DeVito back and healthy is a huge boon to the run defense. He's the best run defender we have by a long shot. Poe put in work in that regard last year, but he's still a work in progress in defending the run. He comes upfield too hard and agressive most of the time (which is a good thing - if you've got a guy who is capable of holding the gap to his side, which didn't happen last year due to the injury to DeVito) and leaves lanes open far too often. DeVito does not do that. He plugs lanes like Sweet Daddy plugs toilets. With a vengence.
Bailey is going to have to come up big to start the season in terms of his penetration, which is going to be reliant on how effective Howard is in holding the A gap.