Immediately after moving up in the second round to select Ole Miss defensive tackle Breeland Speaks last April, Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said that Speaks would play at outside linebacker, and then slide to inside linebacker during passing situations.
That could be a tall order for a big man. Speaks, who is listed at 6 feet 3 and 285 pounds, is the second largest linebacker currently on the Chiefs roster — only Tanoh Kpassagnon has a bigger frame — and rarely dropped into coverage at Ole Miss.
So one of the questions we’ve had since the draft has been whether Speaks can transition to the linebacker role the Chiefs want him to play.