Belichick Has Been On A Conversion Kick

[BAMAPHIN 22]

For Bill Belichick, it isn't a preference. In his mind, turning NCAA defensive ends into NFL linebackers is practically a necessity.

http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2004/08/18/lbs_are_built_from_ground_up/

 

[TigerJ]

Actually Klecko was a DT coming out of college I think. Belichick has also taken athletic DTs and turned them into DEs. Seymour and Warren both played DT in college.