Daily Dawg Tags: The importance of Cleveland Browns vet linebackers
By Dan Justik
The Daily Dawg Tags brings you all the Cleveland Browns news you need to know, including the importance of the Browns veteran linebackers.
The heart of the Cleveland Browns defense is their two veteran linebackers, Joe Schobert and Christian Kirksey. Both Schobert and Kirksey are vital members of the defense because of their leadership qualities.
The two also have plenty of experience playing next to each other, as they played every defensive snap during the win-less 2017 season.
With the Browns having a new defensive coordinator for the 2019 season, their leadership is going to be needed as they adjust to the new defense, as well as helping put the rest of the defense in the right positions every play.
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Today’s featured article explains why the two veteran linebackers are important for the success of the defense and why they both can excel in the upcoming season.
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"“Linebacker is the communication hub of the defense,” Schobert said when we talked about this idea during minicamp. “We’re the big pivot point of the defense, so you’ve got to be confident out there with who you’re playing with.“There’s little things. You can count on Kirko. Like today in practice, you get a guard pulling, I hear Kirko yelling, ‘Pull, pull, pull,’ and if I don’t see it, I can trust him."
The linebacker play last season was a big reason why the entire unit struggled. Although Schobert has proven to be one of the best coverage linebackers in the league, perhaps having less to think about will help him play more freely and reduce the amount of missed tackles. And having a linebacker next to him who is he more comfortable with should also help make things easier in 2019.
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