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Originally Posted by Chris Meck
in a 4-3 under your Will won't see that many mauling OL with a free shot at him. They'll be occupied with your RDE and Jones. It's exactly where you can play an undersized but fast coverbacker.
Hitchens ain't really a coverbacker. You don't want him covering RB's one on one in the flat. He's a 4-3 MLB. He's a smidge small i think for a SAM but is pretty physical so you COULD put him there.
I don't think it's fair to say the guy lacks IQ after one season in Sutton's scheme.
How dumb can he be, really, if Dallas used him in all three spots and he played well? I mean, he had to learn all the LB's responsibilities in all playcalls.
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Thats not always the case though. It all depends on the offensive play call that the opposing offense is calling There are some situations or scenarios where offenses run tosses, sweeps, screens etc and if they’re athletic freaks will pull away from guys like Jones or whomever the RDE will be.
And if DOD is the next guy in line that they have to block, he will get destroyed. Yeah I agree that Hitchens is physical and perhaps that could make up for shedding off blockers in these open field?
In all fairness though, yeah I see your point in that he never really had a steady position at LB and always had to learn different positions there.