Move Jaylon Smith to Strong Safety?

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He was a strong safety at Notre Dame until he was a senior if I remember correctly, maybe with the scheme change he might benefit from being put into a hybrid safety/linebacker role.
 

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Yeah I looked him up online and he has played LB since high school. I still think he could be legendary at safety. He is athletic enough.
Jaylon came in as the #1 OLB in the country. He was then moved to MLB.

Your thinking of Harrison Smith who bounced between LB & S. Hes the 5x pro bowl safety for the Vikings.
 

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I would trust him to eventually hit someone so hard they would have to bust out the smelling salts...he might get beat some too...but dude is 6-2 245...

I mean lateral movement for him will always be a concern for me. He is a straight line missile, but so was JJ Wilcox.
He has had some whiffs in open space and I feel having him be the last line of defense with open space on either side wouldn't be the best option.
 

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Yeah I looked him up online and he has played LB since high school. I still think he could be legendary at safety. He is athletic enough.
He's a terrible athlete unless he's running in a straight line.
 

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He was a strong safety at Notre Dame until he was a senior if I remember correctly, maybe with the scheme change he might benefit from being put into a hybrid safety/linebacker role.
Or maybe just keep him at WILL. He started off the yr hot, then Vander Esch got hurt and Jaylon was moved to MIKE
 

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Smith needs a straight line target. He'd get killed at safety. Now I give him props for twice defending the end zone vs a TE, but the wr put a little move on him and he couldn't hang. he needs to work on hands and strength and just stay at MLB or Will in 3 man sets if we get a bigger MLB.
 
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