Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Originally posted by Travisty13:
Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
That's the dumbest thing I ever heard in my life. To take a guy who was one of the best sack artists in his league and try to force him into becomming a FB. A position he never played before at any level. The guy got so many sacks for a reason... And there are OLB pass rushers his size. At least try him there first for goodness sake...
This is the type of guy the WZ faithful will gleefully call "bust" or "wasted pick" in a year or a few years. But you see we busted him! We are asking him to play something he never played before and is not comfortable with. Rather than the super productive defensive player he was. OLB pass rusher would be perfect for him. He can rush the passer and was productive at it. Try him there!
I am in 100% agreement with you on this brother.
This is like a SingleBrainCell or NoWin move. I thought this was the Harbaugh regime. If you wanted Owen Marecic pick Owen Marecic. Leave this guy alone! He's good at what he does. James Harrison and Dumervil are around his size. Don't say it can't be done at his size. It can! Try him there. He had great production. And it's not like we have overwhelming pass rushers...
Exactly, it's not like we actually have Harrison and Dumervil on our team. We have guys like Laboy, Brooks, Haralson. Not guys that strike fear into the opposing offense. Yet we want to take a guy, who every year in college had at least 7 sacks, who teams knew to gameplan for, yet still produced.....and they want to make him a FB? That's mindblowing to me. I can't tell you how excited I was to have him on our team, to find out he was drafted as a FB. Your right it does sounds like the "2 Brainless Wonders" thinking.
Again, if they were to say he's a LB 1st, and we may even try him out at some FB, cause the kid can ball. I'd be fine with it. But you don't take a great college sackmachine and turn him into something he's not.