I'm agreeing with a lot of what I'm reading here on Montgomery... he is an odd fit in theory as a 3-4 OLB, and Wade does know better than us.
One thing I keep thinking back to though is that while we were all impressed with Mercilus as a pass rusher as a rookie, he really took slowly to keeping his assignments in the run game. He struggled with outside contain, and teams seemed to run his direction when he was on the field. That said, I saw a little improvement very late in the season from him, and I have to imagine that will continue this season.
So... Montgomery can give Mercilus a breather on running downs to keep Mercilus fresher on passing downs. I doubt Wade is going to have Montgomery just covering TEs all game long. Look, we all kinda wondered how it would work out with Mario playing OLB, and until he got hurt, I think Mario was doing just fine. Of course, it's unfair to talk Mario and Montgomery in the same sentence, but I have faith that Wade will use Montgomery appropriately. Just don't call Montgomery a bust when he maybe gets 1.5 sacks as a rookie.
B.T.dubs... awesome thread. I could watch these videos all summer until training camp gets here.
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04-29-2013, 10:46 PM
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