Why couldn't we start AJ at LOLB and Bishop at ILB? What certain qualities defines each position? I know Chillar is experimenting at LOLB or ROLB but if worse came to worse couldn't AJ play outside, isnt that where he played in Ohio State?

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OLB in a 3-4 is a very different position than OLB in a 4-3. In a 3-4 the OLB needs big-time pass rushing skills, which Hawk does not seem to have, at least not on an NFL level. He hasn't even had a lot of success as a blitzer, and that's when the offense is not expecting him to rush. He's a bulky, musclebound guy who does not have that slippery quality to get around blockers, yet he's not nearly big enough to beat OT's on strength alone.

As for Chillar, I thought they were trying him at OLB just because they didn't have anybody else out there besides Poppinga, who lacks pass rushing skills, and a bunch of very young guys who are longshots. Then I read this report from Thursday's practice:

http://packersnews.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100805/PKR01/308060091/Insider-Chillar-looks-good-but-punters-don-t 

Chillar did great at OLB. This position switch could possibly become permanent.

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I still would really like to see Bishop in the starting unit to see what he can really do but at the same time I don't want to bring off AJ or Barnett.

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Granted it was only a scrimmage, but I thought both Hawk and Bishop looked good. Even though Finley caught a couple of passes on him I thought Bishop's coverage was pretty good against one of the best TEs in the league. Hawk looked more fluid and more agressive to me.

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If Bishop really was good enough to start ahead of Hawk, they would have forced a paycut upon Hawk, or traded or cut him. Or if he was really really close to start ahead of hawk, he would have been traded now that his contract is soon about expire.

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