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Could be a concern. But if he’s an inch shorter than his 6’1 listed height, that’s still tall enough to play LB. Fricking Ray Lewis was 6 ft even (and weighed about 200 when he got here). For LBs, my concerns are 1. Ability to diagnose the play (hard to learn at 19 yo). 2. Being a solid...

He has not even completed his JR year of high school. Not remotely worried about his size if his listed Height and weight are reasonably accurate.

Well thanks, but we haven't gotten guys with instincts/diagnosis ability at the position. In fact quite the opposite. It seems like the last LBs we had that could capably diagnosis a play were Shaq and Pinckney.

If Manny was recruiting intincts, he did a pathetic job. Too many of the LBs he recruited were converted DEs who were helpless attempting to diagnose a play. Speed is great, but if you're slow at diagnosing the play, you're going to play slow even if you run a 4.3. Note: I'm assuming when you...

We’ve had some “LBs” with track speed. But they were converted DEs whose reaction time was super slow because they didn’t grow up playing LB. All the speed in the world doesn’t matter if you can’t diagnose the play in a split second. It was ludicrous that a supposed LB guru like Manny D was...