[Rain Man]

Sorry, but it's not feasible or defensible for us to make determinations about who can play where on a case by case basis. While some determinations may seem easy, it leads us down a path to making subjective judgments that are time-consuming and arguable. Maybe C.J. Spiller can play WR without degradation, but if we agree to that then someone else will argue the same for Jamaal Charles and Vernon Davis. And then if we do it for Davis, someone else will start advocating for the same thing for Martellus Bennett or Tony Moeaki. And then it'll be mentioned that Julius Peppers could play anywhere in the front seven. We don't want to get sucked into that, and trust me, if McCourty is good enough to play CB and S well in the NFL, he can also do it in the SandboxFL.

The mystery gets to add a little suspense to the offseason anyway. Maybe some day we'll get the data developed to a point where degradation is lower if the person actually played in the second position, and that's reasonable. But we aren't there yet and it's not in our control.