Should we move Lee to MLB?

[Nightman]

(starts to make a dumb Major League Baseball joke)

He should play the most important linebacker position, and in Marineli's defense I think that's the WILL.

are you suggesting we use the "shift" defense?

 

[VACowboy]

are you suggesting we use the "shift" defense?

Heh. Yeah. I bet Lee is a great SS, especially from shallow RF.

 

[zrinkill]

nothing to do with Lee's position

I see you know as much about football as you do everything else if you do not think middle linebacker in a 4/3 takes more hits and more head on collisions.

 

[Denim Chicken]

I think Dallas will consider what gives the team its best lineup but lean toward keeping Lee at the WLB spot unless no one else can handle the MLB spot.

We only have three linebackers taller than 6-2 (McClain, Wilber and Brandon Hepburn) and four who weigh more than 240 (McClain, Wilber, Damien Wilson, Jaylon Smith and Derek Akunne). Lee is not one of them, so while playing the middle is something he can do, he's really not built to physically handle the position.

Hitchens and Durant really aren't either, though, so it will be interesting to see what the coaches decide to do. The best fit sizewise right now might be Damien Wilson, who is listed at 245 even though he's just 6-1, but he might not be one of our top three choices.

I also believe some combination of Lee, Durant and Hitchens will see the most playing time among the linebackers, but we'll see how Dallas mixes and matches them. There could be times when Lee is in the middle, Durant at Will and Hitchens at Sam and other times when Hitchens or Durant is in the middle. The versatility of these three could really benefit the corps' ability to change it up.

Nzeocha is 6-2, as well.

 

[gimmesix]

Nzeocha is 6-2, as well.

Whoops, forgot to include him. His size is similar to Lee's. However, all of them fit in with what Marinelli usually has even in the middle, primarily because it is difficult to find big, athletic freaks like McClain and Brian Urlacher who can also cover.

 

[DFWJC]

I like him at WIL

 

[Nightman]

I see you know as much about football as you do everything else if you do not think middle linebacker in a 4/3 takes more hits and more head on collisions.

do you even watch the games?

 

[dfense]

With the suspension of Ro Mac, do you guys think we'd be better off moving Lee back to MLB?


I think a lineup of Durant---Lee---Hitchens would be our best Lb corp.

We? Red, is that you?

 

[zrinkill]

do you even watch the games?

Jebus ........ so a middle linebacker in 4/3 does not take more hits than his current position?

Is that what you are saying?

 

[Nightman]

Jebus ........ so a middle linebacker in 4/3 does not take more hits than his current position?

Is that what you are saying?

you mentioned the concussions as a problem with Lee but the one was from a knee to the head from RoMcClain.....it had nothing to do with size, position played or being injury prone....obviously you didn't see it or understand what happened

 

[jrumann59]

Also Concussions now are evaluated totally different than they were in 2011 when he played 15 games. I think now they err on the side of caution where as before it was left up to the player

 

[Gameover]

You think he can learn to catch up with a slider at his age?