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Originally Posted by Schneed10

As with anything in football your performance is subject to the performance of those around you. Paea is positioned well to make a decent impact.

Knighton is that big body in the middle that we've been lacking, so lines will be forced to double team him when running the ball. That leaves Paea and Hatcher to attack upfield and shoot gaps to penetrate and disrupt, or just flat out set the edge in the run game.

Teams will try to run up the middle and run into a wall with Knighton. Backs will be forced to bounce it a bit, in which case Paea and Hatcher are quick and strong enough to set an edge. It should work well.

Paea will not have a lot of sacks for us. But that's not what he was brought here for. He can however provide enough of a push in the middle on passing downs to enable the edge rushers to get home. If Kerrigan gets 14 or 15 sacks, it will be in part thanks to Paea and Hatcher pushing the pocket on passing downs.

Outstanding analysis.