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Actually, based on the Scout Inc report, I think he may benefit from moving to OLB on running downs since it is his speed and moves that are his strength on run downs, not engaging tackles. As a 3-4 OLB, you engage the tackles less than you do as a 4-3 DE. Based on Scout Inc's report (which is very superficial), him being a 4-3 DE and not a 3-4 OLB may be the reason why he isn't considered a good run defender.
I see it exactly the opposite. He needs to controll his 2 gaps the one between him and the DE and the one between him and the sideline. He needs to take on blockers, whether its the T, the TE or a pulling G, not run to chase. But the speed and moves they are saying are a positive as a DE are a negative as an OLB. There is no doubt he would be very slow for an OLB.
In the 43 he has typically played in a one gap system. That does not involve 'taking on' Ts, but getting past them.
A 2gap requires you to engage, control and shed the blocker because you are responsible for the gap on either side of him. A one gap players shoots through that gap and does not have responsibility for any other gap. Its night and day.
You can't take the analysis of a player as a one gap and apply it to a 2gap. And you cant take 'fast DE' and turn that into 'fast OLB'