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'20 TNFR SDE Antonio Alfano (SIGNED and ENROLLED with COLORADO)

leftybuff said:
Give me a break. A lot of defenses call their 9 technique an end. It is just a matter of terminology.
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All I was saying is a 4-3 DE is a hand in the dirt Julius Peppers type of player and a 3-4 DE is also a hand on the dirt Derek Wolfe type player. Von Miller, otoh, is always the end man on the LOS and is a stand up OLB, not a DE.

Over the years, the position has become named more “EDGE” because of guys like Bradley Chubb who can do both. The defensive schemes have also become a lot more hybrid and the names 4-3/3-4 aren’t all that relevant anymore
 
TSchekler said:
All I was saying is a 4-3 DE is a hand in the dirt Julius Peppers type of player and a 3-4 DE is also a hand on the dirt Derek Wolfe type player. Von Miller, otoh, is always the end man on the LOS and is a stand up OLB, not a DE.

Over the years, the position has become named more “EDGE” because of guys like Bradley Chubb who can do both. The defensive schemes have also become a lot more hybrid and the names 4-3/3-4 aren’t all that relevant anymore
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I agree. I could see apackage where you have Lang, Sami, Johnson on the DL and Alfano on the short side of the field as a stand up pass rusher on pass downs. He has pretty good quickness for his size, but I would nto want him on the edge every down.
 
TSchekler said:
All I was saying is a 4-3 DE is a hand in the dirt Julius Peppers type of player and a 3-4 DE is also a hand on the dirt Derek Wolfe type player. Von Miller, otoh, is always the end man on the LOS and is a stand up OLB, not a DE.

Over the years, the position has become named more “EDGE” because of guys like Bradley Chubb who can do both. The defensive schemes have also become a lot more hybrid and the names 4-3/3-4 aren’t all that relevant anymore
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I agree with this. When you watch film of us playing, the Jack backer is standing and on the LOS in this 3-4 defense. I could see them using Alfano as the Jack Backer in certain situations. IMO, our best players on the field would include having Mustafa and Alfano on at the same time, so putting a freak athlete like Alfano at Jack with Mustafa on the other side accomplishes this.
 
Bread said:
I agree with this. When you watch film of us playing, the Jack backer is standing and on the LOS in this 3-4 defense. I could see them using Alfano as the Jack Backer in certain situations. IMO, our best players on the field would include having Mustafa and Alfano on at the same time, so putting a freak athlete like Alfano at Jack with Mustafa on the other side accomplishes this.
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Isn't Jack a term from MikMac's D?
 
BUFFS14 said:
How would we know what MikeMac calls his D? I would assume LilMac?
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Bread said:
Jack is a common term in the 3-4 defense anywhere. It's your hybrid DE/LB guy. More pass rush focused typically while your Sam, Will, Mike are your standard linebackers. It could very well be termed differently by Tucker.
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Thanks for the info.
 
Buffnik said:
What do you mean by "outside" on early downs? If you mean something like playing a 4-3 except for obvious passing situations, I don't see it at all because that's not our system. And he's not an OLB.
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In the latest 247 article about Alfano, he mentioned the staff wants to use him at OLB (should have listed that instead of outside). I am wondering if the staff wants to use his size to hold the edge on early downs, but not sure that makes sense as you want him attacking the ball on every play. Just spit balling as that was the first time I had heard the staff wanting to use him as an OLB.
 
patebuff said:
In the latest 247 article about Alfano, he mentioned the staff wants to use him at OLB (should have listed that instead of outside). I am wondering if the staff wants to use his size to hold the edge on early downs, but not sure that makes sense as you want him attacking the ball on every play. Just spit balling as that was the first time I had heard the staff wanting to use him as an OLB.
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Could be talking about the Gilbert role in a 5-2 Under as a possibility. Basically, pass rush & outside contain from the weak side 80-90% of the time with some times needing to cover the flat or having a zone blitz from an ILB with him dropping into the middle in order to keep QB & OL off balance.

Or maybe he’s being looked at like a Chase Young type who can be moved around but is usually playing a DE role.
 
Buffnik said:
That's not the same thing. That's what we used to do with Gilbert. It's a 5-2 Under and that guy could drop out as part of a zone blitz. I think people are trying to figure out how to start our 4 really good DLs and play some mental gymnastics to try to figure out how 4 DLs is not a different base defense. Alfano is not an OLB.
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I’m surprised you don’t think they will have alfano rush standing up at any point
 
Buffnik said:
That's not at all what I said. I'll be surprised if I see him lined up at LB depth off the LOS, though.
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Exactly. I think the coaches believe he will quickly become the most dynamic player in the front 7 causing other teams to game plan for him. I see this as the coaches looking forward to countering that by moving AA all over the LOS to create mismatches and missed blocking assignments
 
Bill Cody said:
Exactly. I think the coaches believe he will quickly become the most dynamic player in the front 7 causing other teams to game plan for him. I see this as the coaches looking forward to countering that by moving AA all over the LOS to create mismatches and missed blocking assignments
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Alfano is to the 202#-202# Buffs defense as Viska was to the 2018 and 2019 Buffs offense? I hope he gets on the field this year, and the Buffs play the part of PAC12 party crashes
 
leftybuff said:
Has anyone given thought to Alfano at the FB role? Asking for friend.
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Actually guys who can effectively rush the passer using a physical inside rush are rarer than outside rushers. Alfano can be the guy teams are used to seeing or prepared for.

Also though wouldn't surprise me to see MT make adjustments to what he normally does to give us favorable match-ups not only with Alfano but with multiple guys. Just because it is how we have done it before doesn't mean that is how we always have to do it.
 
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