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The whole DE / LB / Edge debate is getting ridiculous.

I see #RHP is showing DE Jaelen Phillips and DE K'lavon Chaisson as LB's now with these changes. They were drafted as defensive line Edge Rushers, not LB, and have far less value as a LB IMO (heck they barely have DL value as is).

I'm wondering if we should consider following the Edge trend that most NFL teams have adopted (at least in terms of what how they draft) and change things up to combine DE and OLB's as new Edge position and set that position to have 1 starter. DL would consist only of interior DTs, of which we'd start 1. LB would be changed to include WLB, SLB and MLB of which we would start 2, and finally our DBs would remain as is and we'd start 2.

Still starting 6 defensive players, but combining DE and OLB into the Edge position, and removing OLBs (who generally play in 3-4 systems) from the LB position and have LB consisting only of players designated as WLB, ILB, and WLB's?

Defensive Lineups would be: 1 DT, 1 Edge, 2 ILB, 2DB.

Of course then there are also hybrid DB/LB players as well, but they're not as significant an issue as the whole DE/LB/Edge issue.