2009 NFL Draft Chat/Discussion

[SC Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by The Goat

I hope he stays healthy and Blache finds a way to fit him into our system well. It's unclear to me where they will put him. Long term i think Orakpo's best chance of making an impact is RDE...but I highly doubt we sit Carter immediately. I can't see the guy playing OLB in our system unless we're going to teach him to cover and make plays in space. And finally i don't see him as a a run-blocking monster at LDE...so again not sure where Orakpo fits but i guess we can say the Skins took the BPA at 13...that's nice.

I've been thinking about it (and I haven't seen the presser with Vinny if he said anything) but I actually don't see a reason why Orakpo can't play the LDE position. He is 266, he is strong as hell ... what I am saying is that he is not a 235 lbs. Jason Taylor. In fact, if you read the profile of him on NFL.com it says he might be better suited to the strong side because "he lacks great explosion and pass rush off the edge." I haven't watched full game tapes of the guy, obviously, but it seems to me he can set the edge and offer some pressure from the strong side.