Mucky Tundra
10 years ago

We’ve talked plenty about the Green Bay Packers fourth-round pick, Carl Bradford. He’s a linebacker of one kind or another.

He was a hybrid defensive end/outside linebacker in college and the Packers used him at outside linebacker during their rookie minicamp. However, his stature (6-1, 250) seems to project better to inside linebacker.

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Eventually...maybe...
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10 years ago
He's right.
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texaspackerbacker
10 years ago
That was my thought from the moment we drafted him. That's where the need is.
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steveishere
10 years ago
I think that's what he'll eventually be but pass rusher is a premium position/skill in this league. The guy was a very successful pass rusher in college so you have to give him a shot at it in the NFL. If he turned out to be some beast of an edge rusher like Clay his rookie year you can hardly make him an ILB because of a need. I don't think that will be the case but that's why he's starting out at OLB.
uffda udfa
10 years ago
Bradford was tied for 2nd shortest LB (OLB and ILB) arms in the draft... the guy who was 3rd, Shane Skov, went undrafted... arm length is important and Bradford struggles with that so it probably is unlikely he'll be at OLB for long. He may have a hard time playing LB, period, with those short arms.

Clay has short arms for and OLB at 32" and Bradford's are 1.75" shorter. If one site I found is to be trusted it stated Clay's arm length puts him in the 76th percentile. Only 24% of OLB's have shorter arms than Clay does. Would like to see what the shortest is but Bradford probably isn't too far off with his 30.25 inch arms.

Brad Jones has 33.5" arms...AJ has 32" arms. Chris Borland has 29.25" arms and they refer to those as tyrannosaurus rex arms. A guy like DeMarcus Ware has 34" arms, and Aldon Smith has 35.5" arms.

Just become Desmond Bishop in the middle, Carl.
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sschind
10 years ago

Bradford was tied for 2nd shortest LB (OLB and ILB) arms in the draft... the guy who was 3rd, Shane Skov, went undrafted... arm length is important and Bradford struggles with that so it probably is unlikely he'll be at OLB for long. He may have a hard time playing LB, period, with those short arms.

Clay has short arms for and OLB at 32" and Bradford's are 1.75" shorter. If one site I found is to be trusted it stated Clay's arm length puts him in the 76th percentile. Only 24% of OLB's have shorter arms than Clay does. Would like to see what the shortest is but Bradford probably isn't too far off with his 30.25 inch arms.

Brad Jones has 33.5" arms...AJ has 32" arms. Chris Borland has 29.25" arms and they refer to those as tyrannosaurus rex arms. A guy like DeMarcus Ware has 34" arms, and Aldon Smith has 35.5" arms.

Just become Desmond Bishop in the middle, Carl.

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His new nickname Carl "T-Rex" Bradford. I wonder if we can get him to rip a reporters head off at the next media session.
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uffda udfa
10 years ago
Here's a look at lots of rookie arm length and the Niners Trent Baalke on his thoughts about arm length. Packers look to have gotten guys with short arms for their positions save for Ha Ha.

http://www.ninersnation.com/2014/2/26/5448210/trent-baalke-arm-length-and-2014-nfl-combine-measurements 
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DarkaneRules
10 years ago
What else is there to say? Dude knows what's up. This year you'll learn the ropes on the outside. There is a need there too not just on the inside.
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