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Originally Posted by Mecca
He has Isiah Simmons athletic makeup, and in todays sub heavy NFL he likely plays a lot but you better be damn sure a guy who spent a lot of time at safety is up to playing weakside LB and sub package LB cause that's what youre drafting him to be and that transition doesn't always work...
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Yeah, and you'd better be real confident in the guys you have backing up Spags (should he leave/retire) and coaching up your secondary.
Because Chinn does appear to be a 1st down 'box' safety who you can maybe keep out there on 2nd downs and then move him into that Sorenseon '3rd safety/hybrid linebacker' role on 3rd downs.
Which I'd honestly like to see us getting away from a bit. Gimme an athletic linebacker who I can keep on the field on 3rd downs (Gay or Harrison) over a stiffer safety who I have to hide at LBer on 3rd downs.
And again - I admit that this is likely just a product of me being unwilling to stray too far from convention. But I think you make your teams awfully matchup dependent when you add too many guys like Chinn and I wouldn't want to take him in lieu of an 'easier' fit if one exists.