McIntosh Vs. Marshall

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Originally Posted by Defensewins

You are a glass is half empty person.

Nobody deserves a position, you earn it. Let the best player win.
I am in favor of the best LB win the position regardless of their name or draft position. I hope they both do well and we have great depth. I have mentioned in a prior post that it will be much easier for Marshall to play Outside LB after after playing at the MLB position. That experience will make him a better football player because MLB is a much more difficult position to play. He will have an immediate advantage over Rocky. But with experience and better athleticism Rocky will catch up and most likely surpass Marshall with time.
No need to be negative about Rocky. He has little NFL experience.

Certainly the best player has to win out. If that's Marshall, so be it. I'm just saying, in an ideal world, Rocky will light it up and make obvious he deserves to be the starter.

If he still struggles again in year two, then the chances that we've got ourselves another Greg Jones increases. I suppose it COULD happen that he takes a bit longer to develop and turns into a solid player, but the window closes more and more the longer that takes.