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TigerJ
02-27-2008, 09:01 PM
Josh Barrett is a huge safety who played for Arizona State. He's 6'3" and weighs over 230 lbs. He ran a 4.35 at the combine. Suppose Buffalo drafted him in the fourth round and converted him to a WOLB. Brian Urlacher played some safety at New Mexico. 6'3" and 230 lbs is plenty big for a Tampa 2 linebacker, and if the guy is 6'3" odds are he can pack on another 10 lbs and lose little or no speed. If a conversion to linebacker doesn't work, perhaps he could start at strong safety and move Whitner to CB as some suggest. This might be the kind of freakish size/speed/skill combination that could really make Buffalo's defense click. Consensus Draft Services says, "Josh combines great size, athleticism, and smarts." He was a graduate student at Arizona State. CDS says his weakness is, "he still occasionally gets beat in coverage," and "does not have the best hands." As a WOLB those liabilities would be minor at most.
yordad
02-27-2008, 09:17 PM
Original. I like how you think.
DraftBoy
02-27-2008, 09:35 PM
Gr8 and I have already discussed this including talking about this guy in general. Right there with you Tiger, love the idea!
gr8slayer
02-27-2008, 09:36 PM
:bf1:
Devin
02-27-2008, 09:37 PM
Yeah man I dig it. Lets hope our coaching staff and scouts are on the same page!

Oh wait...... :sadwalk:
DraftBoy
02-27-2008, 09:43 PM
Yeah man I dig it. Lets hope our coaching staff and scouts are on the same page!

Oh wait...... :sadwalk:

I have no comment other then I applied and was turned down...I can't do much else...
yordad
02-27-2008, 10:32 PM
Are you sure he ran at 230+?
hydro
02-27-2008, 10:37 PM
Straight from the combine website.

http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/josh-barrett?id=1962

Weighed in at 225...
Kenny
02-27-2008, 10:43 PM
They rounded the numbers up a bit: he's actually 6'1 3/4 and 223lbs.
And only 17reps (a tad weaker that average, and a tad weaker that the average runningback).

Still it'd be a nice project if he was still there late in day2.

source: http://www.footballsfuture.com/2008/combineDB.html
TigerJ
02-29-2008, 05:39 PM
With Buffalo signing Kawika Mitchell, this probably doesn't happen. If Buffalo drafts a linebacker, it's going to be in the last round.