It's my preference to keep my comments as close to football as I can. Conjecture and hypotheticals always seem to lower the quality of discourse here.
Barring injury I think the LBs on this team will be able to do the job Swartz intends for them. All indications, based on how Swartz has operated in the past, the DL will be the premier unit of his defense. If the past is prologue then the wide-9 alignment, stunts, one-gap penetration, 5-man fronts, rushing DEs from the interior and 9 or 10 man DL rotation will be keys to this defense's success. Of course, LBs will have their roles. Executing their run fis and defending TEs in the passing game are areas that come to mind.
Because Swartz wants to set the DL loose to be as disruptive as possible it will create havoc for the LBs who will have opportunities to make plays.
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