Chad Greenway has never been much of a nickel linebacker, and as the years and snaps have piled up and his speed and agility have dwindled even further, he’s gone from barely adequate in that role to a downright liability.
But Greenway, ever the competitor, is not yet ready to cede nickel linebacker duties to anyone else on the team. Greenway told reporters Wednesday that he thinks he can still be a 3-down linebacker and wants to fight to retain nickel duties (via ESPN):
“I don’t think you’d ever be open to that. I want to compete to win that job,” Greenway said before teeing off at the Vikings Children’s Fund Golf Tournament on Wednesday.