I think three out of four LB positions have played fairy well. As others have said, I think Ruud has done a good job on the ILB’s. In the fourth spot (OLB opposite Domann) I remain of the opinion that Nelson needs to get his head on straight as his regular loss of edge containment costs us too many first down conversions. My best guess is he must be a great practice and locker room guy and they’re trying to reward him for that and are willing to give him some mistakes as he grows into the position. But the way he crashes inside on our side of the LOS which makes the opposing TE or OT’s job soooo easy, is frustrating to watch. On a couple of plays they barely had to touch him as he ran just into the pile. On the limited snaps he was in, I thought Payne appeared much more positionally sound although more of a run stuffer at his current weight. Wish Greene had stuck around. Would have like to see him get some snaps at that position.
