What matters when evaluating QBs today? Not height and arm strength

Several years before building a Super Bowl roster in San Francisco, John Lynch the broadcaster was pining for a new kind of defensive playmaker. What the NFL needed to counter all the offensive innovations driving up scores, he said back in 2013, was a hybrid linebacker/safety who could stay on the field no matter the down and distance, regardless of the pace or the play. The 6-foot-4, 238-pound Clemson captain lined up at linebacker, over the slot and in the deep middle for the Tigers.

Jaguars defensive coordinator Todd Wash shot down talk about the team shifting their base defense from a 4-3 to a 3-4 when he spoke to reporters late last week, but the defense is going to look different in Jacksonville one way or another. They used three of their first four draft picks on defensive players [more]