re: Can Dee Ford play ILB?

After reading up on him more and watching some highlights, the first thing is he did not play coverage and his pick came off a tipped pass (and his deflections were pass rush tips) so he would be pure rush. He's played defensive end since high school so teaching him to cover would be starting from scratch. That's worse than I thought cause at his size I thought maybe he played some LB in high school but he didn't.

Second is I like his motor, he is fast as hell, and he reads where the QB is going very well and fights back to him.

The main concern I would have with him is can he be effective against pro level tackles. He won with speed almost exclusively and teams are smart enough to scheme around that. I also didn't see him anchoring the point against any runs.

He reminds me of a smaller Galette, which could be a good or bad thing depending on his development. It's a little worrisome because he has already gained so much weight (said he put on 50 lbs. in college and left at 240, and put on 12 more since) you have to wonder if adding more would diminish his speed advantage.

Honestly unless we go to more of a 3-4 he seems an iffy proposition for a 1st rounder.