I think the versatility will help in some of that, Nicky.

What's so much fun about coaching Duran, he's big enough to be a three-four end.

You guys saw some of that here early on.

He's got the strength that can play inside a nose tackle and quickness to move.

So to see J.K. and he and Johnny and how do we feature them on the field together some having the three

of those together that excites me honestly these are guys that really love to battle and compete

and so because they're versatile it gives Durante even more options and how to deploy

how to match up guys so it's a big deal us. Dan Quinn talking about Duran Payne with the media yesterday.

You know, Durante Jones last year as a part of Brian Flores' defensive staff, they played

a base 3-4 defense and they played their base defense more than anybody did in the NFL.

So they were in base a significant percentage of the time, meaning that even though, you know,

you typically don't see a lot of base defense in the NFL, you see a lot of sub-packages

become the majority. You know, those sub-packages include, you know,

typically an extra defensive back, sometimes two extra defensive backs,

nickel or dime.

But obviously they kind of feel like Duran's got a chance to be,

and I would say, you know, a 3-4 defense event.

Now, the 3-4 defense events last year for Minnesota were, you know, guys like Jonathan Allen.

Jonathan Allen, remember Minnesota traded for, and ultimately did not have a great season.

So they must think more of Duran Payne's talent to be a 3-4 defensive end than

they saw in Jonathan Allen. They had a very good nose tackle in Javon Hargrave. They had very

good linebackers in Grenard and Eric Wilson and Van Ginkle. They had good secondary players in Isaiah Rogers and Mattelis and Harrison Smith, who had

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