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McCarthy's comment from today's presser:
On linebacker/defensive end Mike Neal:
"We're focused on some different things as far as what his job responsibility is now. Him trimming down has helped me with that, being better in space. He's still very explosive. Mike is still strong enough to go inside and play a 3-technique. It's about finding that balance."
From these comments you would have never guessed Neal took all of the snaps at LDE with the first team in TEN. So the question is, "why would a 265 lb. man fitting McCarthy's above description (or any description for that matter) be playing DE in a 3-4. I hesitate to think it's because of the training camp performance to-date of the other candidates. My hesitation stems from the fact that would be not be a good thing at all.
On linebacker/defensive end Mike Neal:
"We're focused on some different things as far as what his job responsibility is now. Him trimming down has helped me with that, being better in space. He's still very explosive. Mike is still strong enough to go inside and play a 3-technique. It's about finding that balance."
From these comments you would have never guessed Neal took all of the snaps at LDE with the first team in TEN. So the question is, "why would a 265 lb. man fitting McCarthy's above description (or any description for that matter) be playing DE in a 3-4. I hesitate to think it's because of the training camp performance to-date of the other candidates. My hesitation stems from the fact that would be not be a good thing at all.