Carl Bradford, Demetri Goodson not ready to be factors

Mucky Tundra
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10 years ago

From the moment the Packers drafted Bradford at No. 121 overall out of Arizona State, it seemed he might be better suited to play inside linebacker. At 6-foot-1 and 252 pounds, he is the shortest outside linebacker on the roster and the second lightest among those he's competing against for a spot.

To date, however, Bradford has not taken a single snap at inside linebacker.

Didn't he line up at ILB vs the Rams?

The thing with Bradford is potentially a mess. Keep him at the expense of someone else who's shown more but isn't a 4th rounder? Give him the boot only to watch someone else scoop him up, play him at ILB and have success? And whose call was it to keep him at OLB over ILB? Capers? Moss? McCarthy?

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DarkaneRules
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10 years ago

I think a move was/is inevitable. How you make that move and keep him on your team, I don't know. The expansion of the PS helps everyone though so we'll see if he ends up there. If he doesn't earn a spot on the 53, what happens to Bradford will be interesting.

The game is evolving toward players with this guy's measurables and talents. Right now though it is still in a transition period. I don't like this guy winning a lot of 1 on 1s at the LOS. I do however like him to be impactful as a pass rusher in general; A guy who can be moved around. He will need some seasoning to settle into his current role, and next year he will be asked to do more. Whether that is with us or someone else is the big question.

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steveishere
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10 years ago

Carl Bradford, Demetri Goodson not ready to be factors

Didn't he line up at ILB vs the Rams?

The thing with Bradford is potentially a mess. Keep him at the expense of someone else who's shown more but isn't a 4th rounder? Give him the boot only to watch someone else scoop him up, play him at ILB and have success? And whose call was it to keep him at OLB over ILB? Capers? Moss? McCarthy?

Originally Posted by: Mucky Tundra

I think he still lined up at OLB just stunted inside the DE at the snap. I would understand that they tried out Bradford at OLB first if we were really weak at that position but this year with Perry and Neal as our back ups and some super athletic guys like Mulumba and Elliott behind them it wasn't really necessary. One thing I will say is i've been really unimpressed with Lattimore this offseason and I could see Barrington passing him up as the top back up at ILB. If that's the case I could see keeping Bradford over him and using that 3rd string ILB spot on a prospect like Bradford.

texaspackerbacker
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10 years ago

Hopefully they can get away with letting Goodson develop on the Practice Squad; Bradford, I really doubt it. As was said, losing a lot of 1 on 1's in practice reflects the athleticism or lack of it thing. It's more about instinct in game situations. If I was McCarthy/Capers/Moss/whoever the hell is the prime decider, I'd have him playing until he is exhausted in this Oakland game at ILB - either he shows he deserves to be the 4th ILB - behind Barrington/ahead of Lattimore or he doesn't and gets cut.

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nerdmann
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10 years ago

Originally Posted by: steveishere

Yeah it looked like he was rushing from the inside, but he may have been stunting from the outside.

We all know Bradford should get a look at ILB, just like we knew Hyde should get a look at S last year. But that's not Dom's way.

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Mucky Tundra
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10 years ago

Originally Posted by: steveishere

Originally Posted by: nerdmann

I get why they wanted to try him at OLB: to try and get as many edge rushers as possible. But I remember when they insisted on trying him at OLB something in the back of my head said "wait a second, this is like Hyde last year." More square pegs into round hole" stuff.

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DarkaneRules
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10 years ago

Except in Hyde's case, I believe making the transition to safety was easier after getting a year of football under his belt as a corner.

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Dexter_Sinister
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10 years ago

Except in Hyde's case, I believe making the transition to safety was easier after getting a year of football under his belt as a corner.

Originally Posted by: DarkaneRules

There is a lot of overlap between safety and slot CB.

If Hayward wasn't hurt, they wouldn't have needed Hyde to play the slot and they would have had him at safety.

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DarkaneRules
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10 years ago

There certainly is. I agree with that. But when you transition to the NFL you look for the path of least resistance. The need at corner didn't hurt though 🙂

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