Ranking 3-4 OLBs

[Duffman57]

Originally Posted by DraftSavant

No, not at all really. ;)

I'm with this one.

But i'm not a fan of Bequette really. He's a big guy, but he just isn't all that good of a pass rusher. He's a good mid round pick for uspide, but outside of that, he's not a great player.

[Iamcanadian]

It is almost impossible to rank 3-4 OLB's at this stage of the draft process. They won't get worked out as 3-4 OLB's till the combine where teams will get to watch how they play in passing downs. Some will shine in pass defense others will crumble when asked to drop back and defend.
Any rankings put out now, are just wishful thinking based on few actual facts.

[J-Mike88]

For a 3-4 defense, OLB, rank these guys:

Courtney Upshaw 6-2, 273
Vinny Curry 6-3 265
Whitney Mercilus 6-4, 265
Nick Perry 6-3, 250
Andre Branch 6-4, 260
Bruce Irvin 6-2, 240
Ronnell Lewis 6-2, 244
Chandler Jones 6-5, 265
Jonathan Massaquoi 6-2, 250
Jake Bequette 6-4, 264
Brandon Lindsey 6-1, 255
Shea McClellin 6-3, 248
Julian Miller 6-3, 256
Frank Alexander 6-4, 255
*Cordarro Law 6-2, 260
Miles Burris 6-3, 235
Jacquies Smith 6-4, 250
Zach Brown 6-2, 230
Audie Cole 6-5, 239
Keenan Robinson 6-3, 235
Nigel Bradham 6-3, 240

Some of these guys need to add some pounds. Some probably aren't best-suited to play standup 3-4 OLB, just as some aren't best-suited to play down at DE in a 4-3. See Jerry Hughes for that.

Teams like the Packers and Patriots have to find a guy among this list who can help them get to opposing QBs.

*my sleeper among these guys