Kiwi in the 3-4

[Bizwah]

Does Matthias Kiwanuka fit the 3-4 at all?

I think this guy will fall and possibly be around when we pick at 18.

I don't think he's big enough to be a 3-4 end....I also have concerns about him being a OLB.

I haven't seen much of him.

Does he fit at all?

 

[MiStar]

He could play OLB. That being said, I think he is a mediocre prospect at best, and there are at least 10 other guys that I would rather have at OLB in the 3-4 and there are about 10 other guys that I'd rather have as a DE in a 4-3.

He has absolutely no business being a 3-4 DE.

 

[InmanRoshi]

Everyone would have been creaming their pants at a shot at Kiwi last year at this time with the 18th pick, and now he's just mediocre. After 40 career sacks in college football's 2nd toughest conference.

 

[junk]

Everyone would have been creaming their pants at a shot at Kiwi last year at this time with the 18th pick, and now he's just mediocre. After 40 career sacks in college football's 2nd toughest conference.

Things happen. A couple of years ago, Antaaj Hawthorne looked like an absolute beast in the middle for Wisconsin. He ended up plummeting to the 6th.

 

[Crown Royal]

I'm a big Kiwi fan - I think he is, though, at this point, high risk just as much as high reward. If we were in a different defensive setting and playing our more traditional 4-3 front from years past, and we were as good as we are now, then he would be worth the risk.

But I don't see how he would fit on this team - he is no tweener like Ware or Merriman - he is a pure 3 point pass rusher. And he is too small to play 3-4 end - he'd get swallowed by the guard in the interior.

This is a true 7-gap rusher and will stay that way - his success in the NFL kind of depends on who takes him/if he can stay healthy and if all that raw talent we saw his junior season returns to him.