I've often seen folks on this site confuse the Buck position and the SLB position, but put quite simply the Buck is our weakside DE. It's where Josh Sweat plays.
Pugh has, at times, come in as our second-team Buck, but he is the first-team SLB for us and was a stand-out against both Michigan and Florida last year when we used the 4-3 defense as our base defense against those pro-style offenses.
So ... the question is ... who is playing at DE and Buck?
Sweat is the returning starter at Buck. Burns played Buck last year as a back-up. but got most of his burn playing as a pass rushing DE in our "rabbit" formation on passing downs where our DE (strongside DE; Walker) would move inside to a 3-tech DE spot and we'd have both Sweat and Burns on the outside (with Nnadi at NG).
Where is Robinson lining up? How about Kaindoh? Wilkerson is a DE (strongside).
Has Sweat moved to DE and has Burns moved to first-team Buck?
Torres is a back-up at DE again.
Pugh has, at times, come in as our second-team Buck, but he is the first-team SLB for us and was a stand-out against both Michigan and Florida last year when we used the 4-3 defense as our base defense against those pro-style offenses.
So ... the question is ... who is playing at DE and Buck?
Sweat is the returning starter at Buck. Burns played Buck last year as a back-up. but got most of his burn playing as a pass rushing DE in our "rabbit" formation on passing downs where our DE (strongside DE; Walker) would move inside to a 3-tech DE spot and we'd have both Sweat and Burns on the outside (with Nnadi at NG).
Where is Robinson lining up? How about Kaindoh? Wilkerson is a DE (strongside).
Has Sweat moved to DE and has Burns moved to first-team Buck?
Torres is a back-up at DE again.
