The Colts spent a first-round draft pick on pass rusher Bjoern Werner in 2013, and he was a huge disappointment, with just 6.5 sacks before he was released this year. But Werner, who has signed with the Jaguars, says he’s now in the right place.
That doesn’t just mean Jacksonville instead of Indianapolis -- though it doesn’t hurt to be closer to Florida State, where he played his best football. It mostly means back at defensive end, his college position, rather than outside linebacker, where the Colts tried to play him.
“It’s just reminding me of being back in my college days because the last three years was a lot of standing up,” Werner told the Florida Times-Union. “It makes it so much more fun putting your hand down.”
Although some would say it was dumb of the Colts to put a square peg in a round hole by drafting a defensive end and moving him to outside linebacker, Werner says he takes responsibility for his failure in Indianapolis.
“I wasn’t good enough for the team, I guess,” Werner said. “I had never really experienced that part of the game before. I’m here and now I’m the outside guy looking in. I’m just trying to make the team.”
If he can play defensive end like he did in college, he has a good chance.