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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OldSchool101" data-source="post: 878130" data-attributes="member: 10086">First of all I recognize what you are saying there because I was thinking that exact thing post draft.I was a fan of Blacklock early second round to reinforce the DL.With that said, one thing that made sense to me shortly after the draft is what our reasoning was for never picking at DL? as I had that as a top 3 position need. After reviewing the current Roster, I surmised that Pettine would be wise to Bring Rashan Gary back into the fold and I mentioned that I’d like to see Rashan put on another 10-15 pounds (290’s  range) and line up next to Kenny at 3T.  lol and behold.. Pettine said just recently he was planning on using Gary more inside.Many folks don’t know that Gary graded pretty darn good as a Run Defender for Michigan, but his knock was they just thought he needed more time to mature at the NFL level. He’s very young and raw but having last year to study and get confidence was crucial. The main thing this does is get our best talent on the field simultaneously along with both Smiths, Kirksey and Kenny etc..  this is much more formidable because Gary takes a position of weakness to a position of relative strength and that has ripple effects down the line. It also keeps those other bigger interior guys rotating fresh. His snap count will likely be divided between #3 OLB rotational and a healthy dose of DL.It’s not a flashy, **** position change and his sack count won’t be high.. This was near exactly the formula Michigan successfully used and his dirty work freed up those OLB and gave them increased leveraged inside. Gary floats around 280 but has the strength of a 300+ interior and the speed of a lighter DE. Gary’s trademark is not to be pigeonholed into learning a new position, but rather getting him on that damn field but absolutely at defaulting at 3T, while he learns the nuances of Edge... His low grade was top 40, get him on the field!I don’t see a huge issue there at ILB. GB likes to use a Safety in a good % of the pie and GB has some good Safeties. The other parts of the pie will have some nice competition there between Oren, Kamal, Bolton etc..  Maybe it’s possible, just possible... Oren Burks doesn’t start the season injured for a third straight year.</blockquote>

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