Aardvark wrote: OTTER:

Why can't he be [Sheard] asked to get smaller and play OLB?  Kinda a silly bit of logic to only assume that a 34 OLB/DE Tweener can only go one direction.  Didn't Jamir Miller go from 34 OLB under Romeo to 43 DE under Fazio?  Sheared would just be going the other way.

AA:

Maybe you're thinking of Willie McGinest.  I think Miller played lb almost exclusively.

Have no idea whether Sheard could transition.  He could be a situational 4-3 rusher, but given his salary, probably a more expensive version of Juqua Parker (or, said a la Jason Statham:  "Pahkuh").  But hey, it's not like the Browns have to count their quarters these days.

Miller was OLB in the 40 front Butch brought over in '01.

I think you meant Kenard Lang--a 4-3 DE under Butch who was asked to drop 40 lbs. and play OLB in RAC's two-gap 3-4 in '05.