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Originally Posted by chiefscafan
direckshun I thought about ortiz earlier but it says he is a tweener and that allways scares me.
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Absolutely, and that's been a knock against him ever since he declared.
But if you have proper coaching, there is no such thing as a "tweener" -- he can gain (or lose) weight to better fit a position, or a savvy coach can work him into their scheme.
The way Ortiz is built, a fairly-solid 6'2", 250+, he's only a DE in two schemes: (1) rotation guy in a Cover 2, or (2) situational pass rushing in a standard 4-3. I like him a lot better in (2), considering that pinning his ears back and getting sheer penetration was his specialty at TCU.
He could develop into a decent OLB in a 3-4, especially if his job responsibility is pass rushing. Again, if Ortiz makes it in the NFL, that's how he's doing it. But I don't think he has the speed to hold down the position, so I'd say he projects to a standard 4-3 team that needs a Elvis Dumervil type pass rusher.