[OutsiderFan]

Barton's video is damn impressive.  If it were me I'd try to groom him as a Safety because Stanford doesn't seem to have a lot of talent at the FS position in the pipeline, and appears to be rich at LB.  But it may very well be that big Safeties are a thing of the past, with the spread and pass-oriented offenses of the day, and they may believe they have better prospects in the works.  Then again, the staff may see Barton as a guy who can easily add 15-20 pounds and maintain elite OLB speed.  It does seem he has the frame to do it.

The question is does Randolph have the ability to put on the pounds he will need to be an OLB? 

So next year's LBs:

ILB: Tarpley, Lancaster, Vaughters, Hemschoot, Martinez, Kalambayi, Saivianeaa
OLB: Murphy, Lueders, Anderson, Davis, Randolph, Barton

I guess when you look at it this way, earmarking Barton to OLB makes a lot of sense because he will make six on the roster in 2013.

[OutsiderFan]

Barton's video is damn impressive.  If it were me I'd try to groom him as a Safety because Stanford doesn't seem to have a lot of talent at the FS position in the pipeline, and appears to be rich at LB.  But it may very well be that big Safeties are a thing of the past, with the spread and pass-oriented offenses of the day, and they may believe they have better prospects in the works.  Then again, the staff may see Barton as a guy who can easily add 15-20 pounds and maintain elite OLB speed.  It does seem he has the frame to do it.

The question is does Randolph have the ability to put on the pounds he will need to be an OLB? 

So next year's LBs:

ILB: Tarpley, Lancaster, Vaughters, Hemschoot, Martinez, Kalambayi, Saivianeaa
OLB: Murphy, Lueders, Anderson, Davis, Randolph, Barton

I guess when you look at it this way, earmarking Barton to OLB makes a lot of sense because he will make six on the roster in 2013.