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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
You really see Speaks as an under-tackle?
I wouldn't even say he's a 3-tech. I'm not terribly impressed by his athleticism in the context of an OLB, but man - he has enough athleticism to be a 5-tech, no? He's maybe not quite as long as you'd like to see, but he's not what I would call undersized there either.
I think he's a born 5-tech who can bounce inside on occasion but I damn sure can't see you leaving him there on a regular basis. You make a switch to 4-3 and I think you have an 8 sack, motor-based player in a Chris Long sort of mode. More of a poor man's Chris Long - he was really damn good at his peak and Speaks won't reach that. But late-career Long had lost his burst and was just fighting through games and being effective.
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Your UT in a 4-3 plays the 3-tech. Your NT plays 1-tech. Generally speaking of course. There's variations depending on the coordinators. If you look at a defense like Zimmer's in MIN, you'll see this alignment pretty consistently. So yeah, I see Speaks as a good 3-tech which he played at Ole Miss often.