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Teams stock talent, depth to build units

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Monday, July 14, 2003

It is like the old chicken-or-the-egg conundrum. Are more franchises changing to a 3-4 defensive front because they possess great depth at the linebacker position? Or has the move back to a front seven alignment that seemed to have gone out of vogue resulted in fatter, and more talented, linebacker contingents? Truth be told, whether it was an element of depth or design, it is difficult to overlook the impressive linebacker corps assembled by most of the teams that will rely on the 3-4 front ...

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