Originally posted by jcs:Originally posted by SmokeCrabtrees:This guy was built for the 4-3.. if he can hold his own as an OLB on run downs and sniff drags in front of him we got a 3 down or maybe at worst a two down player that's especially great for third downs in that DT spot in our 3-4.
He's 290 why would you ever move him to olb? He's potentially the 3rd best lineman on the team.
49ers.com has him at 270. NFL.com at 284. Doesn't look that big to me and has that quick twitch you'd like to see your OLB/DL have.
He's taken some snaps at OLB, I don't think it's a bad idea if he's made some progress behind the scenes to groom him to play OLB on run downs and slide inside on pass rush downs.