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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 785166">Successfully?  Maybe not all that often, but it is attempted all of the time with young players.  It's not like you're trying him at QB.Teams draft DEs that played exclusively with their hand in the dirt in college with the expectation they will stand up in the pros.  Safeties become linebackers.  OTs become OGs.  OGs become Cs.  Herb Waters was switched from WR to CB on the fly.  The idea that a position change coming out college is pretty common but ruling it out once you've had a chance to work with the guy doesn't make a lot of sense.Whether the issue with Biegel was the Jones fracture or athletic limitations or a little of both, he clearly was not going to be an effective edge rusher over the long haul.  But he is a smart and instinctive player.So, the Saints claim Biegel off waivers and put him on the PS.  They run a 4-3.  He's surely not projected as a DE.  They see something that makes them think he might be an off-the-ball linebacker.  Weak side OLB would seem to be the fit.  Regardless of the fit they see, it is a position change no more dramatic than trying him at ILB in a 3-4.  Maybe the Packers would have preferred to put him on the PS and perhaps, just perhaps, try the position change.  It's not a radical thought.  We'll probably never know.</blockquote>

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