What do you think of moving Hoecht in to DE?
Either as a rotational player or situational passing down player? Has he ever played there?
Let him rush or stop the run, and maybe bat down passes. Eliminate coverage from his presonsibilities. I think he's plenty strong and quick enough, and plenty smart enough to adapt technically; it always seemed to me he was playing out of position and pressed into service out of desperation at edge.
That said, we still have three edge-players-in-development, about whom I don't know much. Each of them, particularly in my eyes Hampton and Mathis, showed some bright moments but not enough to be NFL starters in last year's pre-season.
What I don't know is how much either of them might have learned over this past season or what they'll bring to camp this year, much less what hey'll show there under fresh coaching.
But given all that they know and we don't, I'm real curious to see what Snead does in the draft for an edge, maybe two.
