I think his best position is still 3-tech. He has decent power and enough quickness to beat interior linemen. However, he and Collins are both better than anything else we've got outside of Lawrence, so Dallas has been using Crawford wherever he's needed other than 1-tech because he isn't built for that. I think Crawford has been a good soldier about it because he could do more damage at 3-tech.
He's certainly been a good soldier. No doubt about that. He doing anything and giving everything of himself for this team to be successful. The disappointing part is that it's not enough, certainly not enough to justify that mistake of a contract. And now it's reached the point where he's not a starter and they're just finding somewhere to put him.
In fact, ideally my starting front would be RDE Lawrence, 3-tech Crawford, 1-tech Collins, LDE Irving with the group we've got. That would put our best four on the field.
"Ideally", I would agree with you. It's unfortunate that so rarely is anything "ideal".
And I will say that I'm disappointed in Maliek Collins to this point. I expected a much more impactful player than what we've seen. I haven't been impressed by his work against the run or rushing the passer. And this was a guy I thought might take that next step toward a possible Pro Bowl. Thus far, he's been anything but.
Hopefully, they all have a better showing tonight and going forward.
