Looks like SD is screwed, Norv new coach

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I'm not sure of Rivera's history but doesn't he run the 4-3 cover 2 in Chicago. Doesn't SD have the personnel to run the 3-4 D. I bet they look for a DC that has that type of experience. I don't think Norv has much experience with that type of D.

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If I'm not mistaken Merriman had something like 50 tackles last year. He is much much closer to a speed rushing defensive end than an outside linebacker. Phillips would be a monster as a WSLB in a cover two. The personel in a 3-4 and a cover two 4-3, while asked to do different things, are the same types of players. Not that AJ Smith would ever allow this in his dictatorship.