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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 606702">Dupree looks better rushing the passer with his hand in the dirt.  He projects better as 4-3 DE.  I'd fear he'd be a slightly more athletic version of Nick Perry stuck in the wrong scheme.  I'd expect him to be off the board at #30 in any case.Conversely, Eli Harold looks ordinary with his hand in the dirt but explosive standing up.  He's got the lean, outside and inside moves, and a motor.  He'd be a nice addition on passing downs in his rookie year assuming Matthews plays the middle again in nickel, with an expanded role in year 2 with Perry a free agent and the end point for Peppers (at least taking 75% of the snaps) being a critical unknown.Thompson might be the best pure football player in this draft...but where do you put him?  He's a quintessential tweener.  There is another cautionary tale referencing Perry that applies to Thompson playing safety.  Perry bulked up to 270 at the Combine...he might as well have tattooed 4-3 DE on his forehead.  Ted Thompson ignored that fact and took him anyway.  When Shaq Thompson was asked where he would prefer to play, his answer was a point blank "outside linebacker".   I'm not spending a first round pick on a guy you have to persuade to change positions.</blockquote>

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