2011 NFL Free Agency-Part 2

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by mooby

I've heard various rumors about Barry Cofield, the main one from NFLN saying he was a top target, but why? Has he ever played as a NT in his life? What have they seen to be led to believe he could fill that role for us?

Quite frankly, I don't think NT is that hard to PLAY. What is supposedly hard is finding a player with correct "body type" and mental mindset to play it. If Cofield can soak up blockers without losing gap integrity, then we've found a man to do the job.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

Quite frankly, I don't think NT is that hard to PLAY. What is supposedly hard is finding a player with correct "body type" and mental mindset to play it. If Cofield can soak up blockers without losing gap integrity, then we've found a man to do the job.

As long as he can occupy double and occasional triple teams it's all good, but I don't have a way to judge him on that considering he's been a 4-3 tackle all his life. And you are right, if he has the correct body type and right mindset it'll make it much easier, but I'm not sure he has either. We'll see I guess.

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by mooby

As long as he can occupy double and occasional triple teams it's all good, but I don't have a way to judge him on that considering he's been a 4-3 tackle all his life. And you are right, if he has the correct body type and right mindset it'll make it much easier, but I'm not sure he has either. We'll see I guess.

Well, he probably would play 3-4 DE because he played that in college. But whatever position he plays, at least he isn't going to embarass himself trying to improvise ad nauseum or embellishing injuries like that egotistical nutjob of a DL we all know about.