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David Levine -> RE: Free Agency 2020 (3/18/2020 7:41:21 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson
It's worth pointing out that Michael Pierce was a NT in a 3-4 defense. Dom Capers is a 3-4 guy.
(Warren Ludford on Twitter)
I could see Zim using Hunter and Barr at OLB.
During Hunter’s first training camp, Zimmer brought in former Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Greg Ellis to work with the team. After working with Hunter, Ellis brought Zimmer a take that in 2019 we would have called “hot.”
He told Zimmer: “I think this guy is going to be like DeMarcus Ware.”
Zimmer’s response: “Are you kidding me?”
Before he got to Ware status, Hunter needed some work — uhh, a lot of work — on the technique side.
“He had a tendency to run straight up the field and turn left as opposed to taking the proper angle, getting on the offensive tackle, using his hands and using his athletic ability,” Zimmer said. “Basically, he’d run straight up the field, make a wide turn, have to turn left and didn’t have time to get there.”
When the Vikings played against the eventual Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos in ’15, Hunter played the role of Ware on the scout team. Zimmer liked the look of Hunter standing up off the edge and started using him that way. The sacks started to come with the 6-foot-5 rusher picking up more sacks in his rookie year than the entire time in college.
https://www.skornorth.com/vikings-2/2019/12/the-vikings-draft-that-changed-everything/
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