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Originally Posted by CrazyHorse
I understand the arguement and the whole concept behind it. Where I get hung up is that you know more about what Curry can and cant do than anyone else. It's a canned arguement. It's the only one left as a reason not to take the best player on the board.
You dont know he "CANT" any more than I know he "CAN". Like I've said in previous posts, he's shown he can get in the backfield. He just wasn't asked to rush the passer. To assume he cant get into the backfield to rush the passer is somewhat unrealistic IMO.
I'm not buying all the arguements. I take the best player on the board.
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But it's a completely relevant argument. If no NFL teams are drafting college OLBs to play DEs, then that means that professional NFL teams don't believe guys like Curry are fit to play 3-4 OLB. And the fact that guys like Merriman and Ware and Woodley are playing like all-world pro bowlers suggests that NFL teams are right.
So let's see....
-History says that OLBs don't make good 3-4 OLBs
-History says that Curry is smaller than almost every 3-4 OLB in the game
-From a skill set standpoint, 3-4 OLBs require you to be an outstanding pass rusher who happens to know how to play some OLB. A 4-3 OLB requires you to be an outstanding OLB who sometimes rushes the passer. Like I said, drafting Curry to be a 3-4 OLB is like drafting a stud running back to primarily be a wide receiver just because he caught a few passes when he was in college.
We don't now if Curry can/cannot play 3-4 OLB. But there's a lot of historical evidence to say that it's not usual for a guy like Curry to play the position.