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Originally Posted by htismaqe
Absolutely 100% correct. Hitchens' natural position is WLB.
The only reason people are talking about him as a MLB is because he has played there some and because they're looking for ways to get DOD on the field.
If Hitchens is your starter at WLB, then you need both a Mike AND a Sam. That's a lot of ground to make up considering the needs in the secondary. They only have so many draft picks.
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The problem I have with Hitchens playing MLB is that I don’t feel he has the football IQ to excel at the position. Thats just me.
I think he is best at the “will” and DOD should play in sub nickel/dime packages. They could compliment each other like that since Hitchens can’t cover out in the flat, they should make him responsible for getting to the ball carrier on the running downs there and let DOD cover RB’s out in the flats especially on screen plays. Or shift him over and let him cover the TE, slot receivers, etc.
DOD imo is too undersized; I think he would get destroyed against big mauling OL on run D.