Terell Suggs vs Brian Orakpo

[Daseal]

4-3 and 3-4 makes a big difference. I still hate using Orakpo at SLB. Toss him in next to AH and let him focus on DE.

[Redskin Jim]

Originally Posted by Daseal

4-3 and 3-4 makes a big difference. I still hate using Orakpo at SLB. Toss him in next to AH and let him focus on DE.

I have been mulling over this situation for a while.. I think, (and hope), that if the SAM experiment doesn't bear fruit within the first 5-6 games, that the coaching staff rethinks Orakpo at LB, or swallows their pride enough to realize that this young man has too much talent not to be maximizing on their investment. What I really mean is this: Orakpo is an animal, it is the job of the coaching staff to recognize where he is most effective AND where he can help positionally on the field. I don't want to see Orakpo turn into this years Vernon Gholston...

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Redskin Jim

I have been mulling over this situation for a while.. I think, (and hope), that if the SAM experiment doesn't bear fruit within the first 5-6 games, that the coaching staff rethinks Orakpo at LB, or swallows their pride enough to realize that this young man has too much talent not to be maximizing on their investment. What I really mean is this: Orakpo is an animal, it is the job of the coaching staff to recognize where he is most effective AND where he can help positionally on the field. I don't want to see Orakpo turn into this years Vernon Gholston...

I don't there's anyway that happens if he's healthy. One of the knocks on Gholston coming out of college is that he would disappear for games at a time. It seemed he would play hard whenever he felt like it, and then take plays, or even games off. And that lack of worth ethic, or whatever, showed big time in his rookie year. He was so bad he was actually inactive a few times.

Orakpo was perhaps the highest motor player taken in the top half of the 1st round. I think it's very realistic for him to end up in the range of 7-10 sacks. That is if Blache doesn't wet the bed with the way we use him.

[2BIG2BSKINNY]

Originally Posted by Daseal

4-3 and 3-4 makes a big difference. I still hate using Orakpo at SLB. Toss him in next to AH and let him focus on DE.

Now you are comparing apples with apples!!! It is tough to compare players in different systems. Even more tough when you have never seen Orakpo Standing!

I hope he works out!