Height: 6-2 Weight: 240
Age: 28 Born: August 18, 1980
College: Southern Illinois
Experience: 8th season

2008 Season – Bart Scott was an impact player for the Ravens in 2008 with 83 tackles, 5 passes defensed 1.5 sacks and 2 forced fumbles. Still, his numbers have declined steadily since his outstanding season in 2006 and it has been raised as a concern as to whether that trend will continue. Personally, I think that the number decline was in part due to the arrival of Haloti Ngata, who was able to stop more plays at the line in 2007 and 2008 than he did in his rookie season.

Strengths – Scott has good size and strength and Scott plays with an aggressive style which charges the players around him. Quick to react, Scott can change direction and move laterally well to avoid oncoming blocks to then sneak in and make the tackle. Scott good bursts of speed in short distances toward the outside to take away passing or running lanes on the perimeter. Scott is able to take on interior lead blockers and can get his pad level low enough to blow up to fullbacks before they get to daylight. Scott is gifted with excellent timing as a blitzer with good elusiveness to avoid contact at the line.

Weaknesses – Like most ILBs, Scott can struggle with much larger offensive lineman on the perimeter. Better in pass coverage than Eric Barton, Scott still isn’t elite in this regard. Scouts say Scott can play tight through the hips and is missing the ideal burst and long speed. Sometimes his risky play can jeopardize the integrity of drawn play or scheme.

Analysis – Now paired with a younger player like David Harris, it will be fun to see how the two work together. Scott’s style pairs well with Harris in that they are both decently versatile moving forward or back and both are versatile in taking on the lead tackler or ball carrier. This will allow for the defense to disguise who the MIKE is as the season wears on. Also, both players have good history in pressuring the QB, even if on delayed or schemed blitzes, which will allow them some versatility they didn’t have in the past on third down.

Use in the New Scheme – Obviously, Scott will be a key piece in the implementation of the new scheme. Since Scott knows it well and knows how to bend the scheme during the course of a game, a lot of players will be looking to him for guidance while he’s out on the field. Scott will likely see a lot of running down work, but from what we hear, the Jets have been using at least six different personnel groupings on passing downs, so pay attention to how much Scott is used here. He did have 9.5 sacks in 2006, impressive from his position, but it’s not his strength unless they are schemed for him.

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