Redskins Free Agency 2016

[hutch17]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

Don't be surprised if Murphy moves into Hatcher's spot and the skins draft another pass rusher. There was talk of him getting bigger and moving positions, he 6'6" and has room for additional weight.

Exactly what I meant, it felt like the coaches were alluding to him getting bigger and moving inside last year. He could easily put on weight and would be a force inside. That would allow us to take a safety or CB in the draft (come on Karl Joseph) instead of feeling stuck with taking one of the interior DLine players

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by hutch17

Exactly what I meant, it felt like the coaches were alluding to him getting bigger and moving inside last year. He could easily put on weight and would be a force inside. That would allow us to take a safety or CB in the draft (come on Karl Joseph) instead of feeling stuck with taking one of the interior DLine players

we still need a NT. murphy would be a DE. he's not a great pass rusher, so being a 3-4 olb is kind of a bad fit for him. I'd go NT over CB any day if the talent level is equal, just because of how important it is to our scheme. with the draft being deep it also means that the guy we can get at #21 might have been a top 10-15 pick in a normal year.

anyways, #1 NT > #3-4 cb. if we're cutting culliver, then cb would be as important.

[DYoungJelly]

Originally Posted by hutch17

Exactly what I meant, it felt like the coaches were alluding to him getting bigger and moving inside last year. He could easily put on weight and would be a force inside. That would allow us to take a safety or CB in the draft (come on Karl Joseph) instead of feeling stuck with taking one of the interior DLine players

The allusions are over, apparently they are now saying openly they want him to get bigger to move inside.

Keim said as much on Cooley's radio show yesterday. Keim compared the change to the one Justin Smith went through in SF. Murphy is really tall but he seems like he has a different build than Smith and seems lanky. Not sure how that would work. He is strong against the run though at OLB.

Would he be a better rotational player at DE than OLB, who knows?