Little update on what Dallas has Awuzie doing

[Setackin]

Apologize if this was posted already but I haven't seen it. Awuzie is my favorite draft pick this year, I kinda expect him to beat out Carroll for the #2 CB spot.

http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/2...o-awuzie-shows-“remarkable”-versatility-early

 

[big dog cowboy]

Awuzie was a great draft pick. I never in a million years did I think he would last to 60. Somehow he did and the Cowboys got a great player. But every time I think of Awuzie I am reminded of this:

 

[Setackin]

Awuzie was a great draft pick. I never in a million years did I think he would last to 60. Somehow he did and the Cowboys got a great player. But every time I think of Awuzie I am reminded of this:

If Dallas does host the draft this year, you can guarantee an Eagles alum will try something similar. My bet is they will send out Brain Dawkins. I'll be bringing tomatos to the draft lol

 

[kevm3]

I really dislike all of the position switching, granted they are keeping him for corner at most part. Just let him have one position and focus on it.

 

[gimmesix]

Apologize if this was posted already but I haven't seen it. Awuzie is my favorite draft pick this year, I kinda expect him to beat out Carroll for the #2 CB spot.

http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/2017/06/12/byron-jones-2-years-ago-awuzie-shows-“remarkable”-versatility-early

I still think he ends up as a starting safety alongside Jones. At corner, we've got Scandrick, Carroll, Brown and Lewis.

At corner, we have much bigger question marks, especially if Heath can't handle playing a bigger role.

 

[Setackin]

I really dislike all of the position switching, granted they are keeping him for corner at most part. Just let him have one position and focus on it.

It's just OTAs, not a big deal imo, if it keeps up in TC I would be more concerned.

 

[Typhus]

position flexibility is nothing new to Chido, he played everywhere at CU.

 

[Setackin]

I still think he ends up as a starting safety alongside Jones. At corner, we've got Scandrick, Carroll, Brown and Lewis.

At corner, we have much bigger question marks, especially if Heath can't handle playing a bigger role.

After seeing Carroll give up a big play from Butler and having seen him in past seasons, I'm not so sure he doesn't get cut.

 

[Sydla]

I hope they keep him at CB. They yo yo'd Jones in rookie year and I hope they don't do the same thing with Jones.

I think Heath will be as competent as Church at S.

My fear is that Marinelli has basically penciled in Carroll at one of the CB spots simply because he's a veteran.

 

[gmoney112]

I really dislike all of the position switching, granted they are keeping him for corner at most part. Just let him have one position and focus on it.

With intelligent players (and people in general), exposing them to different positions allows them to have a greater understanding of the individual responsibilities needed to make it work.

Now, playing them at a different position every week during the season isn't optimal, just because of muscle/mind memory and the value of habit/repetition, but exposing them early just let's them get a better grasp of how to approach what they need to do.

Again, can only do that with smart players. And secondary really might be the only see of positions that this can work with in the NFL. I guess OL too, in a way. DL to an extent but you're not exactly setting Benson inside to stop the run.

I was on the Awuzie train right after the Senior Bowl, I figured he'd be lucky to last to our #2 back when he was still a 3rd round projection from the "genius" talking head draft guys. They suck. I obviously loved the pick, because I think his floor is a really good #2. Nothing's guaranteed but he has everything you want, and he's a tough corner. Great fit for the type of defense Rod typically has liked to run

 

[robjay04]

I hope they keep him at CB. They yo yo'd Jones in rookie year and I hope they don't do the same thing with Jones.

I think Heath will be as competent as Church at S.

My fear is that Marinelli has basically penciled in Carroll at one of the CB spots simply because he's a veteran.

You could be right.

As far as Awuzi goes...if he is better at safety and focuses on that position, it will give us a better shot at keeping White on the roster or if we did want to bring in Revis(which I don't expect and I'm assuming Revis comes as a CB) and keep White.

I'm not sure Kavon Frazier and White make this team...I would rather have White if I had to choose but I don't know if we carry 6 corners.

Having a first and second round talent at safety is intriguing considering the lack of resources we have thrown at that position since we drafted Roy Williams.

 

[DCreppinBoysfan]

I really dislike all of the position switching, granted they are keeping him for corner at most part. Just let him have one position and focus on it.

Yeah that's what I was thinking, especially with him being so early in his career. Don't give him to much too think about in the field

 

[lkelly]

If Dallas does host the draft this year, you can guarantee an Eagles alum will try something similar. My bet is they will send out Brain Dawkins. I'll be bringing tomatos to the draft lol

And he will do what? Armpit farts? Do a crowd participatory count of their Super Bowl trophies, starting at the number 0? Reminisce about McNabb vomiting in the Super Bowl? That should get the audience in a real lather.

 

[waving monkey]

Awuzie was a great draft pick. I never in a million years did I think he would last to 60. Somehow he did and the Cowboys got a great player. But every time I think of Awuzie I am reminded of this:

I got goose bumps

 

[JohnsKey19]

You can tell that Baker is really high on this kid. Let's hope it shows up on the field on Sundays.

 

[DeaconMoss]

And he will do what? Armpit farts? Do a crowd participatory count of their Super Bowl trophies, starting at the number 0? Reminisce about McNabb vomiting in the Super Bowl? That should get the audience in a real lather.

Exactly. What can they get on stage and say? We have the biggest awesome person fans? We ended Irvins career? We lost one superbowl? We used to put bounty on players? Sing Cry Eagle Cry? They have nothing of substance. Dont think you will see it.

 

[aria]

position flexibility is nothing new to Chido, he played everywhere at CU.

That's not a bad thing but I would imagine in the NFL, especially as a rookie, that it's much harder to be as versatile compared to playing at CU. I'm with some of the other posters, I'd like to see him focus and excel at one position not be a jack of all trades, at least until we see how his rookie year goes. Don't throw too much on his plate at once.

 

[JoeKing]

Giving Chidobe the "Jones treatment" has good and bad aspects to it. I like position flex but we already have enough guys that can play safety and CB. I think they need to commit Jones and Chidobe as the starting safeties and let the rest work itself out at TC.

 

[gimmesix]

After seeing Carroll give up a big play from Butler and having seen him in past seasons, I'm not so sure he doesn't get cut.

In 2015, Carroll was the 23rd-ranked cornerback, having what many considered his best season while starting 11 games despite breaking his fibula on Thanksgiving. We looked at him that offseason and tried to sign him, more than likely to replace Carr, but he chose to re-sign with Philly instead.

Last year, he was a worse player than Carr, although he did start all 16 games. Pro Football Focus had him ranked 92 out of 112 cornerbacks.

So there are a couple of questions with him.

First, at 30 years old can he get back to the player he was in 2015 or is he now the player he was in 2016 coming off that injury? If he's the 2016 player, then he's a backup at best. (I don't see him getting cut because his cap hit this year is $2 million while it would cost us $3 million to cut him. Next year would be reasonable, though, because we'd save $2 million by cutting him.)

The other question is whether he's a better fit for zone or man. I think we're going to try to switch to using primarily Cover 2 because we now have the personnel for it.

I'm not going to make too much out of a player making a big play against him in drills that favor the offense, so we'll have to wait until camp to see the answers to those questions.

 

[gimmesix]

Giving Chidobe the "Jones treatment" has good and bad aspects to it. I like position flex but we already have enough guys that can play safety and CB. I think they need to commit Jones and Chidobe as the starting safeties and let the rest work itself out at TC.

I don't mind position flex from the aspect that I want the best four guys out there starting in the secondary. If having Awusie at safety and Carroll at corner, for example, is better than having Heath at safety and Awusie at corner, then I'm all for having the flexibility to do that. I would prefer, though, that we identify that quickly to give them lots of time at their starting position.