What the experts think

Very good read...thanks for the link :up:

the stuff about Bell and Gibril is unfortunately true. Gotta say i still kind of wish Sean Smith would be moved to FS. I know he's shown flashes of brilliance at CB but i think with his size and ability he'd be one of the best FS' in the league.

Coach was pretty solid in saying that he doesn't think that anyone can game plan against us with what they have seen in preseason in his post practice interview today. I think a lot of this is coming from how we looked thus far.

"CitizenSnips wrote:

the stuff about Bell and Gibril is unfortunately true. Gotta say i still kind of wish Sean Smith would be moved to FS. I know he's shown flashes of brilliance at CB but i think with his size and ability he'd be one of the best FS' in the league.

We didn't send pressure the whole first half against Tampa. I think it was a test and it failed to some point. I feel that the pressure will improve this year and cover up our lack of secondary. I just don't feel good back there quite yet.

Have to agree somewhat, Wilson if he cannot cover well, must start to tackle better, completitions happen a Safeties job is to limit YAC.

"padre31 wrote:

Have to agree somewhat, Wilson if he cannot cover well, must start to tackle better, completitions happen a Safeties job is to limit YAC.

Brother I bet you Clemons will be pushing these guys all year to get playing time.:wink2:

"padre31 wrote:

Have to agree somewhat, Wilson if he cannot cover well, must start to tackle better, completitions happen a Safeties job is to limit YAC.

According to recent reports, he isn't doing as well in practice as CB. If it is a communication issue, he and Bell better hug and kiss this week because I'm not flying all the way to Atlanta to see us lose.

"Fin Fan In Cali wrote:

Brother I bet you Clemons will be pushing these guys all year to get playing time.:wink2:

Imho it is more a function of a no hard tackle type of training camp ffic, Wilson has shown he can tackle at a high level.

It wouldn't surprise me to see YBell play ILB and Clemmons and Wilson play Safety on passing downs.

YBell at ILB and JT as a sort of rover with Wake at RDE with JP on the other side, whichever blocker is the weakest will see JT trying to come under JP or Wake...it is going to be bee-u-t-ful FFIC.

"padre31 wrote:

Imho it is more a function of a no hard tackle type of training camp ffic, Wilson has shown he can tackle at a high level.

It wouldn't surprise me to see YBell play ILB and Clemmons and Wilson play Safety on passing downs.

YBell at ILB and JT as a sort of rover with Wake at RDE with JP on the other side, whichever blocker is the weakest will see JT trying to come under JP or Wake...it is going to be bee-u-t-ful FFIC.

That is John to you sir.:lol:

"Fin Fan In Cali wrote:

That is John to you sir.:lol:

Not in front of the children....:shifty:

"padre31 wrote:

Not in front of the children....:shifty:

:sidelol:

regarding the two safeties... enter Coach Mike in 3... 2... 1... :shifty:

Here is a duh moment:

• Cameron Wake's ``skills will translate from the CFL,'' said one executive who has watched him in preseason. ``He has some explosiveness.''

Naaah...so much of the print stuff is El General Obvious that it is small wonder high picks bust out constantly.

Matt Williamson of ESPN's Scouts Inc. said as a tandem, ``Bell and Wilson are overrated in that they have similar skill sets. Both are better in the box. What do they do with Randy Moss when he gets by a corner?''

To that, I reflected,

Prior to the Wildcat episode, "What did we do when Randy Moss got by a corner?"

As I recall, Moss turned them into touchdowns.

"What did we do, when Randy Moss didn't get by a corner?"

Its been a couple years now, but despite attempts to wipe it from memory, I think Brady hit Moss in stride, and he ran in uncontested for TDs.

"What did we do before, when Randy Moss didn't get by a corner, and the safety got there before the ball did?"

Cloudy, but I believe Moss generally split the coverage, snatched the reception for a monstrous gain, or scored while the DB's looked on.

I don't believe this team's logic with safeties, is based entirely on the traditional "last insurance line of defense" mentality, but rather shutting down the run, and when Moss manages to "snatch" something, this year I suspect he'll hear louder footsteps.