We move onto the linebacker room as the Indianapolis Colts made a small offseason move to improve the room... but it will still look much different this season. The Colts signed former Bengals linebacker Joe Bachie, an Amaruno disciple. The Colts also saw both EJ Speed and Grant Stuard leave in free agency. Neither were unexpected, but both were key players on defense last season. Both were tackling machines and had an impact on special teams.
This new defensive scheme from Anarumo will bring more focus to the secondary, and less on the linebackers. If you follow past schemes from him, you may only see only two linebackers on the field at times, with added secondary help.