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Tremaine Edmonds wore 49 for the Bills yesterdayTodMaher wrote:So, are they running out of numbers and letting linebackers wear numbers in the 30s this year - i.e. Brandon King (who was a safety before) #36 of the Patriots is now listed as LB.
I know, still looks weird though! Didn't they make a big deal out of Bosworth wanting to wear 44?ChrisBabcock wrote:I know they expanded the linebackers numbers into the 40-49 range a few years ago. (Kiko Alonso, Vic Beasley) The 30s is news to me.
RIght like Deonne Bucanon and Mark Barron, both LBers with DB numbersconace21 wrote:I don't think linebackers are allowed to wear numbers in their 30's. Most likely is that the Patriots moved him to a LB-S hybrid role, and they just didn't change the number.
J.J. Wilcox (#37) of the Jets is another one.JohnTurney wrote:RIght like Deonne Bucanon and Mark Barron, both LBers with DB numbersconace21 wrote:I don't think linebackers are allowed to wear numbers in their 30's. Most likely is that the Patriots moved him to a LB-S hybrid role, and they just didn't change the number.
I think he was grandfathered in after the uniform number rules went into effect. Like Larry Wilson wearing 8 and John Hadl wearing 21.Andy Russell wore number 34 for most all his career, if memory serves. FWIW.
Russell was a FB in college at Missouri (or, as Facenda says in the 75 Steeler highlight film, "Mizzurah"), which may explain his #34 (like Mike Curtis wearing #32 after being a FB at Duke). Ted Hendricks wore #83 because he was a DE at U of Miami.ChrisBabcock wrote:I think he was grandfathered in after the uniform number rules went into effect. Like Larry Wilson wearing 8 and John Hadl wearing 21.Andy Russell wore number 34 for most all his career, if memory serves. FWIW.