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Thoughts on 2015 LBs
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I think Petersen and his coaching staff realized that, which is why he was moved to OLB. Rather than having Littleton at RUSH and Kikaha at DE as we saw under Sark, they brought back a bigger A.Hudson to DE, Kikaha to BUCK and moved Littleton to OLB (where he was behind Feeney, although he started above Feeney a few times).ToddTurnerLIVES said:
Johnson panning out as our next BUCK would be huge for our D. I guy who came in as a pass rusher who is big enough to play the run and hopefully can play in space.TTJ said:Kikaha led the nation in sacks. And I've called Shelton the best player to pass through UW in 20 years. Nobody is saying those guys won't be missed. Still, lots of teams would like to have a young DL rotation like this:
NT VEA/Gaines
3T QUALLS/Dissly
5T MATHIS/Dissly
BK LITTLETON/Johnson
I think Littleton could be a great outside backer but he is too small to be effective in the pass rush and holding the edge defending the run. Littleton played a BUCK-like position under Wilcox but I feel like his main priority was really just to make sure that the RB and mobile QBs didn't beat him outside. He would get 3-5 yards upfield and take the right tackle out of the play and leave Feeney to blitz or cover the left side of the field.
Littleton was a lot like Andrew Hudson in the sense that he was asked to play a position that he wasn't that well suited for and did a pretty good job despite that. I think he is naturally a OLB.
Last year was his first year as OLB, so he should have a better understanding of the position this year rather than transitioning from RUSH like he was under Sark. If he puts on any more weight, I wouldn't mind him being the MLB given the lack of depth there and Feeney and Brierra at OLB.
