ok lets have some fun here.

At draft time this was the over all sentiment about him :
Many scouts now view him as an outside linebacker, who in time, could slide back inside depending upon the defensive scheme. Projected a 43 SLB by most.

Could this be the defensive scheme that allows him to move back to the middle at times and see if his old college position suites him best? he played a 34 in college

This poor guy has been bounced all around and forced to learn so mant different positions and schemes since he has been drafted. I am sure anytime he could get in the middle will give him the warm fuzzies.

ok lets have some fun here.

At draft time this was the over all sentiment about him :
Many scouts now view him as an outside linebacker, who in time, could slide back inside depending upon the defensive scheme. Projected a 43 SLB by most.

Could this be the defensive scheme that allows him to move back to the middle at times and see if his old college position suites him best? he played a 34 in college

This poor guy has been bounced all around and forced to learn so mant different positions and schemes since he has been drafted. I am sure anytime he could get in the middle will give him the warm fuzzies.

ok lets have some fun here.

At draft time this was the over all sentiment about him :
Many scouts now view him as an outside linebacker, who in time, could slide back inside depending upon the defensive scheme. Projected a 43 SLB by most.

Could this be the defensive scheme that allows him to move back to the middle at times and see if his old college position suites him best? he played a 34 in college

This poor guy has been bounced all around and forced to learn so mant different positions and schemes since he has been drafted. I am sure anytime he could get in the middle will give him the warm fuzzies.

RDE Cameron Jordan, Tom Johnson, Will Smith
LDE Akiem Hicks, Kenyon Coleman, Tyrunn Walker
NT Brodrick Bunkley, TBD

WOLB Junior Galette, Martez Wilson
WILB David Hawthorne, Jon Vilma
SILB Curtis Lofton
SOLB Victor Butler

Several of these guys could play multiple positions though. Martez could easily play all 4. Hawthorne can play all but Jack, Galette and Butler could play both OLB's.

CB Patrick Robinson, Jabari Greer (NB)
CB Keenan Lewis, Corey White

FS Malcolm Jenkins, Isa Abdul-Quddus
SS Roman Harper

I would like to see Hicks find a spot in the starting lineup at one point this season. I still think Smith starts at one of the end positions. Greer and Robinson fight it out in August for the other corner spot. I'm sure the team wants PRob to win out there. They would hate to see another first round pick go by the waste side.

I've read that Hicks will probably be opposite Jordan as one of the defensive ends; don't see how we don't acquire another DL capable of NT and/or DE...

True, all we need is a stop-gap vet to spell Bunkley. We may even wait untill the final cuts to pick one up on the cheap.