TheLegendary
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Yeah, I'm talking about his playing weight. The big knock on Manning was that teams didn't know if he would be able to put on weight to be a consistent edge rusher. He tried playing bigger last year at NCSt. and for whatever reason couldn't. If he played 10 pounds heavier he is probably drafted in the second. I don't know how much more motivation you'll get than that.
He's not going to be playing on the edge at ILB.
I don't think it's a bad idea to move him to Safety especially since we're weak there, by the way. But Im just saying he's right in the range where he needs to be anyway, especially since our team is trying to get a bit speedier.
After seeing Hawk in coverage last year, we're going to want an ILB who can hang with TEs and can tackle (although that applies to a safety as well obviously). A lighter ILB who's good in coverage is just what we needed, as long as we bulk up at DL which I think we did. But I can definitely see him being used around the field in different ways.