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<blockquote data-quote="wist43" data-source="post: 554327" data-attributes="member: 9839"><p>He's short and has short arms... a guy can get away with physical limitations at the collegiate level, but the NFL exposes those guys. The 2 most common projections are usually OT to OG, and DE to OLB; but most of the DE to OLB projections involve taller guys that lack sand in their bucket - the problem they have in projecting to OLB, is they usually lack the speed and athleticism to operate in space at LB in the NFL - the classic 'tweener'.</p><p> </p><p>For Bradford, his biggest drawback is short arms. In college he could get the edge enough to be effective, but in the NFL OT's will get their hands on him and it'll be over. That combined with the fact that he is not a fluid mover, makes the transition to OLB more difficult b/c he doesn't have the requisite athleticism.</p><p> </p><p>At ILB though, he can play in smaller box and use his short/squat build to stuff the inside run and on blitzes he will more often be dealing with the C and G's.</p><p> </p><p>It just makes sense to play him in the middle as opposed to the outside.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wist43, post: 554327, member: 9839"] He's short and has short arms... a guy can get away with physical limitations at the collegiate level, but the NFL exposes those guys. The 2 most common projections are usually OT to OG, and DE to OLB; but most of the DE to OLB projections involve taller guys that lack sand in their bucket - the problem they have in projecting to OLB, is they usually lack the speed and athleticism to operate in space at LB in the NFL - the classic 'tweener'. For Bradford, his biggest drawback is short arms. In college he could get the edge enough to be effective, but in the NFL OT's will get their hands on him and it'll be over. That combined with the fact that he is not a fluid mover, makes the transition to OLB more difficult b/c he doesn't have the requisite athleticism. At ILB though, he can play in smaller box and use his short/squat build to stuff the inside run and on blitzes he will more often be dealing with the C and G's. It just makes sense to play him in the middle as opposed to the outside. [/QUOTE]
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