McNair: "In the draft, we’ll be looking at linebackers"

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by mussop

Maybe we want a LB that can put his hand down on third down.

Clay Matthews maybe?

Just got a chance to ask Rob Rang who was on 1560 this morning if he had any concerns about Matthews being unable to crack the starting USC line-up until his last year of eligibility ?
His reply was yes. Rang said he definitely likes Matthews and appreciates his versitility and hustel but feels he may basically an overachiever who we've already seen the best from. He said Matthews late in the first round (25 or later) maybe, but no way at 15. FWIW.
There was an upper echelon of Trojan LBs including Keith Rivers, Cushing, & Rey-Rey that Matthews just couldn't break into as a starter for several years and only did so because of default and I want a player drafted in the top of the first round to be an "upper echelon" player.