Haslett to accept Defensive Coordinator

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Originally Posted by wolfeskins

well you said rocky was too small ? seems to me it would be easy to get rocky to gain a few pounds. just to be clear though, i'm not saying rocky is the right guy for the job. i just don't see how blades would fair much better. blades seems too small to me.

Because Blades has actually played 4-3 SAM backer.
Meaning he's used to the pounding of taking on and shedding blocks.
In a 4-3 scheme that we run the Rocky the WILL is protected by design and shouldn't have to fight off blocks from OL very often.
In a 3-4 scheme one of the ILB is going to have a role like that of a 4-3 SAM and one ILB will be 'protected' much like a MLB/WILL.

And for the ILB role known as 'buck' i think Blades is better suited then Rocky.

BTW-Maybe small is the wrong word, but i think you know what i mean
Blades at 5'10 242 is much more stout then Rocky at 6'2 238.