Williams is big enough to play 3-4 DE but I think that would be a waste of his athletic talent. 3-4 DL are supposed to get in there and occupy blockers for LBs to bring the pass rush, and then to gum up the running game. If Williams is indeed almost as fast as Peppers, it would be a waste to use him in that role, you could maybe have him drop 20 lbs. and be an enormous OLB pass-rusher, but he'd still fir in a 4-3 better.
I understand Wade's contract and that we can't move him. He'd be an expensive bench player, but I still really do not like him starting and would be willing to bite the bullet on that one and keep him on the bench and use him as depth. Setting 4/5 of our OLinemen would be great, but I stll want that fifth one. Another thought, Kubiak might bring Dan Neil with him for cheap when he comes (if Kubiak is hired) if he is healthy. Neil is pretty old but he'd likely be a better option at OG than McKinney. I agree Lutui and Gilles may not be the best option in a zone blocking scheme, maybe Davin Joseph would fit better. Either way, if we can bring in LeCharles Bentley and McKinney takes a big pay cut, we could keep Wiegert and McKinney at OGs for a bit while a rookie gets more accustomed to zone blocking, although both of them need to be replaced by the end of the 2006 season.
