Quote:I was the one who brought up LT, but my point in doing that was, that we were getting carried away with the Kevin Hardy comparisons.   Kevin Hardy does not represent the best that we can possibly get from a linebacker.  

 

Kevin Hardy definitely does not represent the best possible scenario. However, we're not looking for the BEST possible scenario but the most LIKELY scenario.

 

Kevin Hardy was good at everything, but not elite at one thing. That can also be said about Mack. It's not like Hardy was some slouch coming out of college. He was a stud, and there's a slight possibility that our scheme did not fully take advantage of him (his only Pro-bowl/All Pro year was the year we had Capers, who utilized Hardy more as a pass rusher than previous DC's). Then you also factor in that both played under the same guy in college and it's not too difficult to make him be a good comparison.

 

Certainly a much better one than LT...

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