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Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower
In short, KC's pass rush sucks with Hali and Houston so don't bother improving it, right?
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What would have improved it would have been Kyle Van Noy lined up next to Derrick Johnson.
Not only would that have given you substantially more flexibility in the pass, defending the middle, disrupting the timing patterns on crossing routes, but it would have given us a guy who was superlative at inside blitz/rushes which would have freed up the double teams either Hali or Houston see on a per play basis. It would have also allowed Houston to continue to rush versus having him drop back into coverage. As well, Van Noy has the flexibility to play inside and out in blitz/rush, pass defense and run defense. Based on his college production, Ford only does one thing mildly effective and that's timed QB rushes. He's not effective against the run. He hardly ever played in coverage. And he was down right bad in making impact plays past some sacks.
Because, outside of DJ, there wasn't jack and shit on the roster at ILB/MLB. Zombo was/is just as effective as Ford is going to be in the role of backup rush backer. Probably more so actually.
I think it was an Al Davis level pick based on his Pro Day numbers and his shirtless 40 runs.
Maybe the guy turns out to be special, but I'm not holding my breath on it.