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Originally Posted by HoosierinFL
The run D collapsed because they started running to the outside. We need ILBs that can run sideline to sideline and cover the field to defend those runs. Seattle figured that out at the half, realizing our d-line was gonna hold up in the middle. They knew that if they started forcing our defense to run laterally they wouldn't be able to keep up.
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Absolutely this. And Sheard has no lateral quickness to jump off a block and get a RB before he rounds the edge, but that's a "nice-to-have" in an EDGE player. As long as he's setting the edge, the ILBs should be flowing to the ball.