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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 508295">Neal showed up to OTAs at 275 lbs.  I don't believe that was planned or expected by the team.  That's probably too light to play DE in base or DT in nickel.  He's now scaled more like a 4-3 DE...Perry conversion redux.In base, we have Raji or Pickett for DE on the strong side and Datone Jones on the weak side.  We have several options for the DTs in nickel...Raji, Daniels, Jones, Worthy when healthy. It's not like Neal was guaranteed to be anything more than a rotational player once we drafted Jones.It looks like an attempt to make lemonade out of lemons, which is not a criticism of the coaches...trying to fit Neal into some OLB sets is a way to derive some residual value.I'm skeptical of the "unblockable" claims.  We've heard some excitement and encouraging words over the years regarding slow OLBs, along with Greene's assurances that 4.8 speed (if Neal can even crack that number) at the position is not a problem.  Yet, we continue to have issues and those promising names are gone.</blockquote>

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