2016 NFL Draft: Can Duke Safety Jeremy Cash Be the Next Deone Bucannon?

March 28, 2016   ·   Ryan McCrystal   ·   Jump to comments

The NFL game is always evolving as offenses try to stay one step ahead of their defensive counterparts.
The league has been making a gradual shift to a more pass-oriented game for decades, but in recent years, offenses have been making dramatic changes to facilitate a faster-paced game.
As offenses make these changes to mimic some of the more high-powered offenses we see in college, defenses are left trying to play catch-up.
One of the defensive adjustments that has popped up in recent years is the rise in prominence of undersized, athletic linebackers with elite range.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were one of the first teams to embrace this approach with Lavonte David, a second-round selection in the 2012 draft. Others, such as the Carolina Panthers with Shaq Thompson, have followed suit.
But in 2015, the Arizona Cardinals took the evolution of the linebacker position to another level by taking former safety Deone Bucannon and turning him into what they call a "mo...

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