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Originally Posted by Texan4Ever
I'm afraid that by using Mario as an OLB we will be under-utilizing his talents. Mario is in a similar position to Aaron Kampman who struggled to make the transition from 4-3 DE to 3-4 OLB.
Personally, I would rather keep Mario, JJ Watt, Jarvis Green, and Antonio Smith as our DEs and have guys like Tim Bulman and Tim Jamison try and make the transition to OLB.
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That is, unless you believe the words coming out of Wade Phillips' mouth.... which I can understand if you don't.
Mario will play DE, like he always had. He will be standing up more often than not, which will be somewhat of a change, but it's pretty similar to the way we used Mario a couple of years back.
If we are successful on first & second down, look for Mario to put his hand on the ground, just like Ware would.
All we are really doing, is kicking Antonio Smith inside permanently & taking Okoye off the starting line-up.