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re: Best position change in LSUFB History? Martin, Reed, Spears, Webster, or Harold Perkins?
Posted on 11/13/22 at 8:19 am to BhamTigah
Posted on 11/13/22 at 8:19 am to BhamTigah
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In fact, Perkins may be edge as you say, but in today’s football that’s as likely to be a LB as a DE.
Yeah, this seems more about the evolution of defensive schemes than a true position change.
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Posted on 11/13/22 at 8:19 am to SlowFlowPro
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He's not playing LB though. He's an edge.
Edge is an assignment or function for the most part. What is Ojalari? DE, LB, Edge? Nowadays DE's drop in coverage as well as LB's.
There is no position group for Edge...
Perkins situation is that he came in as a LB and they trained him on edge rushing to get him on the field. Now he is assuming more and more of the full duties of the LB role because he has practiced it enough now.
Posted on 11/13/22 at 8:20 am to SlowFlowPro
Must be the lightest DE in the nation 
Cmon Slow. A 220lb DE in D-1? He is a linebacker.
Cmon Slow. A 220lb DE in D-1? He is a linebacker.
Posted on 11/13/22 at 8:20 am to BhamTigah
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Spears was not DE all the way. Saban told him he could make more money at DE than TE, and he made the switch
This is like the legend that Spears could have played BBall at LSU, bro. He was never going to get to play TE at his height/weight.
If he did start out at TE, he'd have ended up an OL had he stayed on offense. He was way too big to be a TE.
Posted on 11/13/22 at 8:23 am to SlowFlowPro
Yeah so…he’s a linebacker
They haven’t changed his position. They are playing to his strengths as he learns to play LB. This isn’t even debated.
They haven’t changed his position. They are playing to his strengths as he learns to play LB. This isn’t even debated.
Posted on 11/13/22 at 8:23 am to SlowFlowPro
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He's not playing LB though. He's an edge.
Lol okay.
I'll nominate moving Tyrann Mathieu from CB to nickel
Posted on 11/13/22 at 8:24 am to SlowFlowPro
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He was never going to get to play TE at his height/weight.
Yet you’ve already declared a position change for HP40 that hasn’t happened yet.
Weird
Posted on 11/13/22 at 8:25 am to GetmorewithLes
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What is Ojalari?
Edge
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There is no position group for Edge...
Yes there are. They're edges.
There's "LB" (which means off ball LB or OLB) and edge (which, in Madden positions can be a DE or LB).
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Perkins situation is that he came in as a LB and they trained him on edge rushing to get him on the field
I think more accurately he was too good to keep off the field and edge is a lot simpler than LB, and we stumbled into a Micah Parsons situation (where we acquired an OLB who ended up being elite at edge while still having some LB versatility)
LB is a lot more complicated of a position. They held out hope in being able to sit/develop him at LB until the disaster that was Tennessee. After the reaction to not playing Perkins (our 2nd best edge and most explosive edge), they clearly had a come to Jesus meeting and gave up on playing him at LB and have just been unleashing him in a very simplified edge/spy role.
Posted on 11/13/22 at 8:26 am to SlowFlowPro
Carnell Stewart TYFYS
Posted on 11/13/22 at 8:26 am to GeauxPack81
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I'll nominate moving Tyrann Mathieu from CB to nickel
He was primarily a NB here, though
He played S and NB in the NFL, too, primarily. By far his most snaps were in those roles instead of CB
Posted on 11/13/22 at 8:27 am to SlowFlowPro
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No. DE all the way. Similar to D White being a "running back"
marcus played both ways as a freshman
he played FB, TE and DE, had two catches
Posted on 11/13/22 at 8:27 am to Vacherie Saint
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Yet you’ve already declared a position change for HP40 that hasn’t happened yet.
I mean our coaches can waste him by moving him back to LB, sure. I think we would all agree that would be insane.
Edge is MUCH more valuable than LB and we know he's an elite edge already.
Posted on 11/13/22 at 8:28 am to SlowFlowPro
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they clearly had a come to Jesus meeting and gave up on playing him at LB and have just been unleashing him in a very simplified edge/spy role.
Except he’s still a linebacker. Linebackers are used in all sorts of fun ways! I can link the official LSU roster if you like.
Posted on 11/13/22 at 8:28 am to SlowFlowPro
Lester Earl already tried this thread yesterday
Posted on 11/13/22 at 8:29 am to Vacherie Saint
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I can link the official LSU roster if you like.
Cool. Link Madden positions next.
Posted on 11/13/22 at 8:29 am to SlowFlowPro
for an edge guy he sure does play a lot of LB
Posted on 11/13/22 at 8:31 am to Vacherie Saint
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Lester Earl already tried this thread yesterday
Uh, me and Les were the earliest on this pain train.
I've been posing about how amazing and impactful he's been at edge since before the Tenn game
Posted on 11/13/22 at 8:32 am to supatigah
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for an edge guy he sure does play a lot of LB
They're playing him at edge/spy and that's about 95% of his snaps
Every now and again the offense forces action to his side and he has to go in coverage. Bama started off the game last week targeting this against him specifically.
Posted on 11/13/22 at 8:33 am to SlowFlowPro
Joe Addai was a wr at first right?
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