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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 476172">My pre-draft comments are on the Press Gazette forum, where I used to hang out before they required a Facebook account. It was my considered opinion at the time that Perry screamed 4-3 DE. That's where he played in college with his hand in the dirt, that's where he said he wanted to play in the pros, and then he put an exclamation point on it by beefing up to 270 lbs. for the Combine. He looked like a DE, he wants to be a DE, and so far he's looked like a DE playing OLB. I may have some comments here from training camp reiterating those opinions. You certainly won't find any enthusiasm for his prospects coming from me, other than a fan's note that I hope he proves me wrong. To me his upside is probably as an OK starter, 6 sacks, OK against the run, suspect in coverage...about what we got out of the "Combo" (Walden/Zombo) in 2010. It was my pre-draft opinion that if we were going to take this kind of conversion risk, I would have rather seen us take Vinny Curry, who as it turns out could have been had in a trade down. Now, Curry will be taking some of Babin's snaps. We won't know how Curry might have been at OLB unless the Philly overhaul includes a conversion to 3-4, but the guy is strong and has a serious motor. TT liked the USC pedigree.</blockquote>

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