Interesting albeit obscure stat on Xavier Woods

[Parcells4Life]

since I prefer a topic not just about the OC, Dak or Garrett

 

[CF74]

He flashed a lot this year. Growing pains included but at the very least he’s solid depth. I’d draft a safety if a good one falls though...

 

[Parcells4Life]

He flashed a lot this year. Growing pains included but at the very least he’s solid depth. I’d draft a sefety if a good one falls though...

I definitely want Heath replaced. Terrible in coverage and tackling fell off this year

 

[Staggerlee]

I was a fan of his during his rookie year when he came in on the dime and contributed in the slot.

Then, like most people, I started to worry about his tackling ability as a safety. But this year he proved to me that he's willing and able to throw his body around to make a stop. Some will hate to hear this but it reminds me of JJ Wilcox and how he would throw his body into hits.

 

[KingintheNorth]

Kind of weird stat like the OP mentioned. Red zone really just means the Free Safety has less ground to cover, so I guess this means he does better when he has has less to defend?

On a positive note, it might indicate he's clutch.

 

[CowboyManDan]

I like Woods alot, to me he's starting caliber with potential. I think it's the other safety position we need to upgrade. Heath has been more good than bad, but I think he's much more effective as a complimentary/substitute safety.

 

[stiletto]

He greatly improved this year under Richard. Only one that I didn't see drastic improvement from was Heath. Same guy... Good backup/ST player. Can play safety in a pinch but not a starter. Everyone else showed improved in the secondary.

 

[Mr_437]

Not a surprise considering X is a good slot CB, so coverage is a strength of his. A full offseason of working on his weakness as a FS should lead to more big plays.

 

[Typhus]

Not a surprise considering X is a good slot CB, so coverage is a strength of his. A full offseason of working on his weakness as a FS should lead to more big plays.

Im not ready to say that X is really worthy of his current role, but he could be if his role were to become more defined.
What I mean by that is .. you need athletes in your secondary, X is that, but he is more of a scheme , sub package DB at this time.
This team has a major issue when trying to define this type of player, much like Byron Jones.
Is it the Scheme or the player, Byron proved it to be a very slow, ********, evaluation process,, no offense intended to ******** people.

 

[408Cowboy]

Just curious but how many targets and how many did he give up? Especially compared to other top safeties.

 

[Typhus]

Just curious but how many targets and how many did he give up? Especially compared to other top safeties.

Don't know, that is a hard to find stat, but as far as tackling, he posted the following...
36 tackles
17 assists
1 forced fumble

The only passing stats I could recover..
2 INTs
9 passes defended/broken up.

 

[cnuball21]

since I prefer a topic not just about the OC, Dak or Garrett

If he could tackle, he’d be a darn good safety.

Unfortunately he can’t, so he’s probably best suited as a nickel / dime corner to utilize his strengths.

 

[DallasDW00ds0n]

He and heath are depth guys only

 

[nightrain]

Isn't that the Marinelli scheme? Bend don't break.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Sorry but I didn't think Xavier Woods was that great. Showed some flashes of good play, then saw him get beat on others. I still believe Kavon Frazier is the better Safety of the two.

 

[Parcells4Life]

Sorry but I didn't think Xavier Woods was that great. Showed some flashes of good play, then saw him get beat on others. I still believe Kavon Frazier is the better Safety of the two.

They don’t play the same position. Xavier is a FS while Kavon is a SS. When Woods was hurt they covered by letting Heath play FS

 

[America's Cowboy]

They don’t play the same position. Xavier is a FS while Kavon is a SS. When Woods was hurt they covered by letting Heath play FS

Gotcha. Thanks for the clarification, P4L.

 

[UncleOscar]

Kind of weird stat like the OP mentioned. Red zone really just means the Free Safety has less ground to cover, so I guess this means he does better when he has has less to defend?

On a positive note, it might indicate he's clutch.

Good point. But on the other hand, I'd rather have the safety with the best red zone rating than the safety with the worst red zone rating, or even the 16th rated safety.

 

[Mr_437]

Im not ready to say that X is really worthy of his current role, but he could be if his role were to become more defined.
What I mean by that is .. you need athletes in your secondary, X is that, but he is more of a scheme , sub package DB at this time.
This team has a major issue when trying to define this type of player, much like Byron Jones.
Is it the Scheme or the player, Byron proved it to be a very slow, ********, evaluation process,, no offense intended to ******** people.

Richard came in and put these guys in the best position for them moving forward and gave them defined roles, although I felt #27 n #35 could've helped more, Coach didn't...but whatever. X has a clear learning curve and I feel we he'll get better b/c he just needs to improve his tackling and recognition single high.

BJ should've been a CB day 1 due to how he tackles. DAL player evaluation in the secondary has been poor, hopefully Richard can fix the whole thing.

Before it was scheme n coaching, yet now w/ Richard it's on the players.