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    Taylor Mays an option at OLB?

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    Big_Pete

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    Taylor Mays an option at OLB?

    Post  Big_Pete on Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:05 am

    Here is an interesting rumour from the combine

    Originally Posted by TFY Draft Insider

    Evidently the USC people were forewarning scouts prior to the Senior Bowl that the big safety was really going to struggle in coverage drills during the week and it was well documented he did. Two NFC East teams have told us they now have Taylor Mays on their draft board rated as a linebacker. The comparisons people are making range for Mays from Thomas Davis to former Trojan Darnell Bing.
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    Re: Taylor Mays an option at OLB?

    Post  Big_Pete on Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:09 am

    With Dallas and Washington playing a 3-4, if the rumours are true, then the two interested NFC East teams would likely be Philly and NYG.

    Clint Sintim isn't a great fit as a Tampa2 style OLB

    With the extra coverage and mobility required by Tampa2 OLBs, Taylor Mays could be a very good fit at an OLB.

    It wouldn't be my favourite move, but it is food for thought.
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    Re: Taylor Mays an option at OLB?

    Post  Big_Pete on Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:17 am

    Actually with Mays's speed I doubt he is considered anything but a DB
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    Re: Taylor Mays an option at OLB?

    Post  56 Crazed Dogs on Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:37 am

    Big_Pete wrote:
    Clint Sintim isn't a great fit as a Tampa2 style OLB

    Not as a linebacker but maybe fit the Tampa 2 as a pass rusher, which typically uses smaller faster defensive lineman that can get to the QB.

    I think if Mays is going to be used as an olb then he will be used on the weakside which isn't the Giants priority.
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    Re: Taylor Mays an option at OLB?

    Post  Pizan on Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:48 am

    If mays is being looked at as a lb his stock takes a major hit. It's too much of a gamble IMO. I hope we stay away. Mays has more bing in him then Davis.
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