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Originally Posted by Joshua
I know this was just an aside from the topic at hand, but Mario had 5 sacks and 1 forced fumble in the 5 games he played. Averaging a sack a game while acclimating to a new position seems like a pretty good start to me. Exactly what level of production would have thrilled you?
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Mario was getting sacks but he looked lost in space way too often - out of position to make tackles or support the line on running plays. Frankly, I think he was just too large to play outside LB other than isolating him on blocking TEs during pass rushes. Either Wade was going to turn him into a johnny-one-note pass rusher (a hell of a pass rusher but still a one-trick pony) or he was going to have to teach him how to defend the run from that position which he didn't appear to have a feel for.