Kevin Clark from Seattle asks, “Does Nick Bellore’s new contract include a third season of “Between Two Bellores?”
A: I actually asked Bellore this after his signing, and he said he’s still not sure if he’ll bring back “Between Two Bellores,” the Youtube show he has done the past two seasons that is an homage to Zach Galifianakis’ “Between Two Ferns.” Bellore plans to do something creative with his free time that will no doubt be entertaining, but as of now he isn’t sure if it’ll be something new or a third season of “Between Two Bellores.”
Brad Drinkwine from Bothell asks, “It seems I see everywhere that “edge” is a position of need for the team. Can you please explain the “edge” position in the Seahawks 3-4 defense, especially the difference between “edge” and outside linebacker. And why is it a top need if most of our pressure and sacks are coming from outside linebacker like Uchenna Nwosu and Darrell Taylor?”
A: The term “edge” has become more and more common in recent years, and one of the big reasons is that it helps categorize players, particularly draft prospects coming into the league, regardless of the scheme an NFL team is running. Current Seahawks like Taylor, Nwosu and Boye Mafe are outside linebackers in Seattle’s current 3-4 scheme, but they would have been defensive ends in the previous 4-3 defenses, just as edge rushers like Cliff Avril or Chris Clemons were. By calling a draft prospect an edge, you can get a sense that he would be an outside linebacker or a defensive end depending on scheme, as opposed to a defensive end in a 3-4 like Quinton Jefferson or Shelby Harris, who are different styles of players and different body types that Taylor or Nwosu types.
As for calling that a need, that’s not a knock on the current edge players, but rather a reflection of how important a pass rush is to a defense. And since teams tend to rotate players on their defensive front, edge rush can be a need even if a team has two or three really good players there. And it’s also important to consider where Seattle is drafting. Top edge players go early in the draft, and the Seahawks rarely draft as high as this year’s No. 5 pick because they’ve rarely had bad seasons under Carroll and Schneider. So even if the Seahawks already have some quality edge defenders, as they do, it could be hard to pass up on an elite pass rusher if one were there at No. 5 because those players are so hard to acquire.
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