recruiting 3-4 OLBs

[I Peench]

Has anyone had any success finding OLBs with the size and pass rushing ability to fit into a 3-4 scheme? If so, at what frequency? I'd find one every now and again in 10, but haven't really seen any in my ODs yet.

[sportyguyfl31]

From what I see, the OLBS dont have very high power move/finesse move ratings.

I think youre probably better off, finding faster pass rush DE's and position changing them, to OLB

The LBs all seem to fit the 4-3 mold.

[DoomsDayD1978]

Same holds true for trying to recruit 3-4 DE's. The prototype 6'3-6-5, 280-290 lb. DE's are very rare in my pursuit of them. Most of the DE's I find are usually smaller than some strong safeties (in weight). Most I run into are like 6'4" 220 lbs.

The fix for this I've found is to recruit the big pass rushing DT's that are in the 280-290 range and move them to DE.

[Pogo27]

Quote: Originally Posted by sportyguyfl31

From what I see, the OLBS dont have very high power move/finesse move ratings. I think youre probably better off, finding faster pass rush DE's and position changing them, to OLB The LBs all seem to fit the 4-3 mold.

Quote: Originally Posted by DoomsDayD1978

Same holds true for trying to recruit 3-4 DE's. The prototype 6'3-6-5, 280-290 lb. DE's are very rare in my pursuit of them. Most of the DE's I find are usually smaller than some strong safeties (in weight). Most I run into are like 6'4" 220 lbs. The fix for this I've found is to recruit the big pass rushing DT's that are in the 280-290 range and move them to DE.

This and this. In real life, most 3-4 OLBs are converted DEs and most 3-4 DEs are converted DTs.

[TheBrothers24]

Quote: Originally Posted by DoomsDayD1978

Same holds true for trying to recruit 3-4 DE's. The prototype 6'3-6-5, 280-290 lb. DE's are very rare in my pursuit of them. Most of the DE's I find are usually smaller than some strong safeties (in weight). Most I run into are like 6'4" 220 lbs. The fix for this I've found is to recruit the big pass rushing DT's that are in the 280-290 range and move them to DE.

This is what I am going to do for Maryland offline dynasty and then just recruit fast DE's to play OLB. The only difference i may have is to just find strong DT's and move them to De since my pass rush is going to come from my OLB in my scheme.

[DoomsDayD1978]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheBrothers24

This is what I am going to do for Maryland offline dynasty and then just recruit fast DE's to play OLB. The only difference i may have is to just find strong DT's and move them to De since my pass rush is going to come from my OLB in my scheme.

I usually never had a problem finding the LB's to fit the 3-4 scheme. I usually like for my MLB's to be in the 240 lb range and my OLB's to be in the 230 lb range.

[hazey]

Anyone try changing DE's to LB's that you have recruited and seen what the recruiting change is? DT convert over ok as DE's for 3-4's, they may drop to 65-75 as a freshmen and progress nicely over their career, only reason why their overall isn't real high is lack of pass rush, which you don't really need.

I would be concerned that DE's would drop severly as OLB's because of the possible lack of covering skills.

[ItsDoug420]

Most of the problem with switching positions, is the awareness hit they take. I've had pretty good luck converting quick DT's to end. I actually have 4 nice DE/OLB signee's in my current recruiting class, i'll post back the results after I switch their positions.