Rank Orakpo as a OLB prospect...

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Originally Posted by KI Skins Fan

Right now, I think the Skins are just trying to get their best players on the field. I think they know that Orakpo is a better fit at DE than at SLB and that DE is where he will eventually play. But, for right now, the Skins have a solid LDE in Daniels but they don't have a solution at SLB, so they want to see if Orakpo can help the team as a hybrid DE/SLB this season.

I don't agree at all that the Skins should have passed him up and traded down. I think Orakpo was a fine pick at #13.

The problem can't be our solution to both DE and SLB at the same time.

Not that Orakpo wasn't great value at 13th overall but, if the team was interested in a pass-rushing OLB they had two great options in the draft. Trading down and aquiring another valuable pick to have competition at DE or RT and perhaps drafting Everette Brown (who was selected 42nd overall) sounds good in hindsight.

Nobody want's to think we have a talented player playing out of position. It's like starting Cooley at FB...