Can Ernie Simms play safety?

[Supercowboy1986]

Does anyone know? He seems like he has the speed and the instincts. Do you think RR has considered the idea?

 

[Questfor6]

You serious Clark?

 

[RastaRocket]

Sometimes we think a little too much.

 

[Supercowboy1986]

What's so absurd about my idea? Obviously I don't mean now because he is injured. I mean for next year he is a under sized LB with speed and seems to have an instinct for the ball. Maybe he competes with church and Johnson

 

[Ultimategamer5567]

No dice. We need Sims and Albright at ILB. And if he is playing safety, then most likely that means that Dan Connor is on the field. You might as well stand aside and let them dance right into the endzone.

 

[jobberone]

Not that crazy. He has the speed and can certainly hit and play near the LOS. The question is does he have the hips and technique to cover. There have been 6-4 and 6-5 safeties to play. Randy Hughes was 6-4 and I think he would have been an All Pro player if he'd not been injured. I actually think Carter could play S if he dropped 10 or so. Never going to happen though.

 

[BAT]

Does anyone know? He seems like he has the speed and the instincts. Do you think RR has considered the idea?

Rob wanted to draft him and convert him to safety. So, yes, RR has considered the idea.

 

[Sarge]

Does anyone know? He seems like he has the speed and the instincts. Do you think RR has considered the idea?

No...

 

[IAMKING]

Lay off the egg nog

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Lay off the egg nog

:laugh2:

 

[Shneek814]

^^^^^^^Yup^^^^^^^ Stop thinking now

 

[Hardline]

Sims is no Darren Woodson

 

[starfan1]

I doubt it. He probably wouldn't look much worse than McCray though

 

[AMERICAS_FAN]

Too slow

 

[Eddie]

Does anyone know? He seems like he has the speed and the instincts. Do you think RR has considered the idea?

Yep, the same way

Dat Nguyen to Safety
Larry Allen to DT
Ebenezer Ekuban to TE

All worked out GREAT !!!

 

[Jarv]

Yep, the same way

Dat Nguyen to Safety
Larry Allen to DT
Ebenezer Ekuban to TE

All worked out GREAT !!!

Larry Allen would have been a killer NT.

 

[Hostile]

Yep, the same way

Dat Nguyen to Safety
Larry Allen to DT
Ebenezer Ekuban to TE

All worked out GREAT !!!

You forgot Greg Ellis could not only play TE but would be an All Pro.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

I don't see this being a real possibility.

I really don't think he could play safety.

 

[Echo9]

Yep, the same way

Dat Nguyen to Safety
Larry Allen to DT
Ebenezer Ekuban to TE

All worked out GREAT !!!

Sims to safety isn't THAT crazy of an idea and it's unfair to the OP to make that kind of comparison. Darren Woodson was an undersized LB in college and that worked out pretty well, so the precedence is there.

However...

I don't think Sims has the fluidity and long range coverage ability that would be needed to succeed. 20 years ago, it might have been possible, but the game has changed.

 

[xwalker]

Rob wanted to draft him and convert him to safety. So, yes, RR has considered the idea.

Yes, RR said that he tried to get Al to draft him as a safety while RR was at Oakland.