I was looking through the Giants' roster and noticed they're lining him up at safety. I don't know much about their safety situation but it seems weird that special teams stud and 4-3 OLB would make the switch to safety.
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Sometimes our LB's project to NFL safeties better than they do NFL LB's. Cody Grimm was the same way. I want to say someone on here did a more in depth analysis on why but I could also just be making things up in my head.
*edit - It's also why even though CJ Reavis is a safety/db prospect there has already been talk of him moving down into a hybrid LB role with us. Of course that's more a reflection on Bud's scheme than CJ's projected ability.
It's like what happened to Ronny Van Dyke. He came in as a safety, but now he's starting at whip linebacker.
just like aaron rouse
Our whip linebackers aren't like a normal 4-3 OLB. They've morphed more into a safety/linebacker combo. Given that Tweedy is blazing fast and a smaller whip, it makes sense that the Giants would want to try him at safety instead of inside linebacker. He doesn't even weigh 200 pounds. I'm not sure he'd hold up playing linebacker in the NFL.
Yeah, it's definitely because of the whip position. Definitely a hybrid role that translates better as a safety. It's what happens when you just line up athletes on the field, they project to different roles in the NFL.
It's debatable whether Bud's 4-3 is actually more of a 4-2-5 scheme. Rovers and Whips could translate as either as safeties or linebackers at the next level.
NO TWEEDY IT'S WHIP!!!
4-2-5 is how they started out last year, but they were running a true 4-4 by the end of the year. However, it was different from the old version of the 4-4 where the mike and backer were inside, and the rover and whip were essentially hybird outside linebackers-safeties who had edge responsibility. Instead, Taylor played as an edge guy with Tweedy, and Jarrett and Tyler played in the middle. Jarrett went from a guy who we were worried about having the bulk to play a traditional rover/deep strong safety to essentially a run stopping linebacker. I wish I understood what drove the change better, but it sure had some good success.
I think he's going to prove to be a steal for the Giants, wherever he plays.