ILB or OLB??

[gomezcat]

Re: ILB or OLB ??

My guess is that ILB is harder physically. I could be wrong, but I reckon that they go head-to-head more often with O linemen. That in itself makes it harder. But then again, someone may show my analysis to be wrong. ( )

 

[Wotan_the_Wanderer]

Re: ILB or OLB ??

I'm also in the ILB is harder to find camp and a great deal of this has to do with the numbers. By this I mean that there are obviously more OLBs playing football in college. Throw in the tweeners who enter the draft year in and year out and the numbers are disproportionately in favor of those who project as OLBs in the NFL.

Then, there's the difficulty of grasping BB's system for an ILB. Let's not forget that a guy who excelled as a pro MLB, Ted Johnson, seriously contemplated retirement out of frustration.