Inside the trenches: How Sheldon Rankins is adding value to the Saints defensive line [Film Study]

ThrowbackSaintXXL said
Okafor came in the league playing OLB (which Davenport arguably should be playing). Onyemata could still backup Rankins & Jordan. Te'o has experience in it. Davis just came out of a 3 man front D. I think it could work & is probably in consideration seeing that they're trying to find a way to keep Davenport on the field

I mean that's really just semantics. If the OLB in the three man front is rushing on almost every down, it's really just a four man front maybe slightly shifted a little or a two point stance instead of three. Especially if the same people who would be the rushing OLBs are the same people who would be the 43 DEs.