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Starting middle LB next to CJ. Mosley...

Who do you think's going to start next to CJ Mosley inside?   110 members have voted

  1. 1. Who do you think's going to start next to CJ Mosley inside?

    • Arthur Brown
      35
    • Albert McClellan
      7
    • Zachary Orr
      33
    • Other
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The answer is going to differ by package, but I think it will be pretty simple to start the season, assuming no further camp injuries:

When the run is a good possibility, it will be Correa at ILB

When the pass is the better possibility, we'll see a lot of dime with Anthony Levine next to Mosley and Correa playing often at OLB.

The biggest surprise of camp to date positionally has been Levine.  He's practicing every day with the linebackers and he's playing with Arthur Brown at LB in 11-man drills.  However, he's got no business playing ILB on a run down based on size (200 lbs), so he's a pure dime in the mold of Ralph Staten, Corey Harris, Chad Williams, Jerome Sapp, or Haruki Nakamura.  He'll set up in the box next to Mosley on passing downs, but you may not see it until week 1.

This is a big philosophical shift for the Ravens, who have basically not played the dime in the last 3 seasons (62 total snaps with 6 DBs, see below for comparisons to 2000 team).

Here is a piece I wrote on the topic for that includes a very telling quote from Harbaugh:

http://russellstreetreport.com/2016/07/29/camp-notes/ravens-defensive-backs-dime-defense/

Levine may not be the dime they settle on this season, Elam is also getting snaps there (but still practicing with the DBs).  However, I do expect Anthony will get the first shot when the season begins and the Ravens to employ the dime on a significant percentage of passing downs.

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