Eklund is a retard. Ethan Calvert plays true OLB in his high school defense because they run a 4-3. In UW's 4-2 defense, OLB is a DE. UW does not want him as a DE. He will get zero DE experience in high school. He's one of the best off-the-ball linebackers in his class. You don't try to turn him into a project DE in college. That's retarded. Yes, we have guys on the team right now that play both ILB and OLB. That's because they both played DE/OLB in high school and have the versatile skill set and experience to do so. Calvert won't. He's an ILB recruit for UW.
So you think our SAM is the near equivalent of a 4-3 DE? I swear this fucking topic repeats itself every summer.
It's a weak side DE position that drops into a basic zone coverage in the flat on occasion. It's a Von Miller kind of position. You're right it does. I don't know how the fuck people don't get it by now.
Yes I agree, just like Von Miller, the outside linebacker. Anyways, trying to strictly label SAM as either an OLB or a DE is flagrantly wrong. It's obviously a hybrid position with elements of both. Yet that didn't stop you from going full Ballz on Teq.
But we've had this exact discussion before, so let's skip the next five pages of replies.
It's 80% a defensive end position.
That plays standing up and is recruited for LB body types.
Furthermore, we've had far more players move back and forth between ILB and SAM than we have between SAM and DL.
It's its own thing but it's more a LB than a DL.
No, it's not. We try to recruit DE body types for it. Myles Rice, Zion Tupuola-Fetui, Ryan Bowman. Buck and SAM are interchangeable and every guy has to know and play both positions. The body types range mostly from 240-275 pounds. It's a DE position. We don't want a lot of tweeners who are too small to hold the edge against the run like Ngata. When they recruited him, they thought he's be able to bulk up more than he has.
If they play DE the vast majority of the time it's a fucking DE position you idiot.
Fucking Coach K has corrected the stupid ass media on this shit a million times. He says "we call them outside linebackers but they're basically defensive ends in our defense."