Assistant Dave McGinnis on LB James Laurinaitis: “He’s the perfect middle linebacker for this defense. The ultimate linebacker for this defense when it starting evolving was Mike Singletary. I was with Mike for 11 years. The quarterback of the defense is the middle linebacker. In this system, he has to be so in tune and right in the defensive coach’s skin. He has to understand it and know it from a lot of different angles. We could not have asked for a more perfect middle linebacker to install this system than James Laurinaitis. He’s exactly what you need.”