Report: Packers Rookie Carl Bradford Sees Time at Inside Linebacker

After giving Carl Bradford an opportunity to play outside linebacker early in training camp, the Green Bay Packers appear open to making a switch.

According to Tyler Dunne of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

The playmaking menace from Arizona State — the one who rushed quarterbacks nearly 100% of the time — has yet to surface in Green Bay. So on Monday, the Packers gave Bradford a look at inside linebacker. Part of the reason is the quadriceps injury Brad Jones is dealing with.

But the Packers must know whether Bradford is worth developing.

On Monday, both Bradford and Nate Palmer worked inside during Green Bay's half-line drill.

"Right now, I'm up for anything," Bradford said. "Wherever they place me, I'm going to work....Wherever I can fit in, I'm willing to play anything."

The Packers have a glut of outside linebackers on the roster, including Clay Matthews, Julius Peppers, Mike Neal, Nick Perry, Andy Mulumba, Jayrone Elliott and Adrian Hubbard.

There's not room to keep all of them, so it's doesn't come as a surprise that the Packers are perhaps looking to move Bradford and Palmer to the inside.

Bradford did line up occasionally as an inside linebacker as late as his senior season at Arizona State, but when he did, was utilized almost strictly on the blitz up the interior of hte offense.

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Packatron's picture

August 26, 2014 at 11:22 am

Get the best 11 guys on the field at the same time. Make some plays. That's all I care about. If that means moving dudes around, so be it.

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Clay Zombo's picture

August 26, 2014 at 06:24 pm

You(Stroh) and a few others called that one right,

I myself needed to see him at OLB first though because of the value of pass rushers in this league. I also wanted him to start out at OLB because I thought that gave him the best chance to make an early impact for the Packers.

Well not only is he not needed at OLB anymore this year, hes proven that's not his best fit so the move to the middle gives him a chance to prove he's worth keeping around,

Very little chance that he would have unseated one of the starters at ILB even if he would have worked there from the beginning so moving him now, this late in the process shouldn't be an issue. I Just hope he shows enough that they want to keep him on the 53 this year.

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Otto's picture

August 26, 2014 at 10:57 pm

I was hoping there was some James Harrison in him.

Catch on quick, kid, they could use the help at ILB.

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RedQ's picture

August 27, 2014 at 07:10 am

I'd like to see Hubbard at ILB. He's much bigger and a bit faster than Bradford. I'm not sure either is going to make the cut.

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