Originally posted by reasonable1:
Interesting that the most popular player in the WZ is a guy who will be drafted to play outside, a position he's never played full time.
While they're simultaneously still celebrating the firing of a man who made a habit of drafting players to move them out of their natural position.
Guess as long as Baalke isn't attached to it its all good.
The who do you want at #2 poll says otherwise.
As for Baalke making a habit of drafting players to move them...who have we really done that with outside of Carradine and Ward?
Also nobody is saying Thomas is being drafted to play Leo or SAM strictly. Most people who want him on the team understand he can contribute all along the DL and those type of players make it much easier on defensive coaches and a better DL makes it that much easier for the rest of the defense.
There have been plenty of successful player position moves, just because Baalke failed with Carradine doesn't mean it's a terrible move. Not to mention moving a prototypical 4-3 DE coming off ACL injury to a 3-4 DE is very different. Basically it worked very well with Justin Smith and he figured it will work with Tank.
Thomas is a very different player and his athletic ability says if he gets the opportunity to play on the outside he'll make plays.
