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Originally Posted by KJ3
i always thought that weaver (lining up across from the opposing LT) was in the spot generally counted on for sacks. reason being that LT are generally better pass blockers than run blockers. mario usually being against the RT i always just figured that was a good spot for him because he is a good run defender on top of his pass rushing. i could be totally wrong though.
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Weaver has always been a LDE for us lining up across from the RT. Mario would occasionally slide over to that spot on pass rushing downs, but their base formation was Mario at RDE and Weaver at LDE. Weaver played DT on passing downs, but if he ever lined up at RDE against a LT it was rare.
Typically teams put their best pass (speed-think Freeney) rusher at RDE (QB's blindside for right handers). That's why LT's are so important....they have to be able to keep up with the speed rushers to protect the QB's blind side. Mario is good against the run and a lot of people feel that we would be better off having a speed type rusher (Colvin on passing downs) to play the right side of the D-Line and let Mario work from the right.