If LSU is really committing to the 3-4, I feel like Key is a prototypical 3-4 OLB. He is fast enough to play cover the flat and big enough to walk up and rush. He is smallish to play 3-4 DE. Any opinions?
I think regardless of what you call it, you will see guys like Key standing up on a lot of downs. There was a good interview posted yesterday with Aranda where he explained some of what to expect from him at a place like LSU where you may be short on LBs, but stacked at DL and DB.
That's good to hear. I never understood why teams won't put their best players on the field. If Key is an elite player, but Neal and Bower won the starting spots, put Key at OLB instead of always playing Nickel because you don't have another decent OLB. Like on the offense, put in Guice and Fournette on the field together. Line up Guice in the slot put him in motion, get creative and lineup Guice at running back and put Fournette in the slot and watch defenses key on him then hand it to Guice. No creativity on offense.
kinda like jimmy johnson did. he would recruit talent and speed first regardless position. stockpile running backs since they were great athletes then move the slower ones to linebacker. same with safeties. Slow linebackers would be faster defensive ends. and just find ways to get his best athletes on the field. started that whole hybrid thing we got going nowadays to defend the speed. i like how some teams had mathieu listed at strongside lb when he was with us. which he was and a free safety and a strong safety and a corner and punt returner or just whatever the hell he had to be. and played so much faster than anyone else a combine could never measure. johnson would be proud.
Scroll to the bottom for the video of the interview. http://www.nola.com/lsu/index.ssf/2016/01/watch_the_lsu_newbies_chris_bl.html
Aranda likes to use what Rob Ryan calls his "amoeba" look, where all 11 are standing at the start of the play.
