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Mason's Mailbag: Why Zach Kerr fits the Broncos

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@MaseDenver great info on Kerr athleticism, but it begs the question... why did #colts let him go for nothing? #askmase

— EHDLO (@EHDLO) March 15, 2017

Because of scheme and use of the player within it.

The Colts use more two-gap alignments with their defensive linemen, asking them to align themselves directly over an offensive linemen and then move inside or outside the O-linemen, giving them a choice of gaps to use (if they don't bull-rush the O-linemen directly), while the Broncos typically ask their defensive linemen to align themselves between two offensive linemen (as a shade nose tackle, or a 3- or 5-technique defensive end) and attack a single gap.