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Old 05-14-2011, 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted by barrett View Post
I am going to operate on the principal that our previous defensive coaches were dumber than our current defensive coaches. This is not due to a high opinion of Wade Phillips. I just think our previous guys set a really low bar. So I will wait until I see this play out before deciding whether it is a good move for mario.
I'm operating on the same principle but it's clear to me that Mario is a true 4-3 DE and nothing else. I do not rule out the possibility that Wade and friends will find ways to make Mario effective in their defense but that will require a level of intelligence and creativity that we have not seen out of any group of coaches in the team's history. But as Fonz points out it is a contract year and that should provide some motivation. But my guess is that Mario is not in the team's long-term plans.
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