Is there room for Orakpo and Rob Jackson?

[KLHJ2]

Why not kick Rob Jackson inside with Perry Riley when Fletcher decides to hang it up?

[calia]

Originally Posted by KJHJ2

Why not kick Rob Jackson inside with Perry Riley when Fletcher decides to hang it up?

This makes sense to me. Jackson doesn't generate a big pass rush, which is more a function of an OLB. An ILB needs to be a sure tackler, and if he can pluck errant passes out of the air, so much the better. And Jackson can do that (just as Fletcher did this year too). I realize that they're different positions, but I would imagine that Jackson is a solid enough player to make the transition, and who better to teach him than Fletcher?

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by KJHJ2

Why not kick Rob Jackson inside with Perry Riley when Fletcher decides to hang it up?

Because you're forgetting about Keenan Robinson

[los panda]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Because you're forgetting about Keenan Robinson

i did, i forgot he was ir'd

[Lotus]

We could kick Jackson inside on purely passing situations, kind of like how the Giants play DE's at DT in passing situations.

[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Because you're forgetting about Keenan Robinson

Also because you're forgetting Jackson is a DE converted to OLB who then you would be converting to ILB. This isn't Madden where you can just go to another screen and change a player's position. Jackson has very limited lateral quickness, especially for an ILB. Not discounting any of his plays but did you see how long it took him to build any forward momentum on his INT vs the Browns?

He's maximizing the role he's playing in the defense but let's quit being prisoners of the moment and making him into something he's not.

[KLHJ2]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Because you're forgetting about Keenan Robinson

To quote Alicia Silverstone in Clueless "My Bad!"

I guess we will just have to get rid of him because we just cannot tolerate that much talent on the defensive side of the ball.