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Originally Posted by htismaqe
In his case, his "unnatural physical gifts" include being REALLY tall. I simply don't see how he's going to handle tackles with his hand in the dirt. They're going to get underneath him way too easy. He doesn't bend well so he's going to be giving up leverage on nearly every play.
Matthias Kiwanuka, IIRC, ended up as a standup LB in New York because of his height.
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He'd have to be a damn good hand-fighter. I mean you're a pretty big Ziggy Ansah guy, no? Ansah is exactly that kind of player; very tall but with a pretty quick and effective punch that allows him to get to the T before hands get under him. Julius Peppers was probably the best I can recall at actually using that height to create a leverage advantage rather than letting guys get into his pads.
There's a way for K-Pass to use that height to his advantage and frankly I think that's going to be easier for him with his hands on the ground (because he can at least line up down low rather than have to attack 'hunched' as he would have to from the OLB spot). But he has a looooong way to go to get there.
Not impossible but awfully unlikely.