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We drafted Roy and Byron in the first.We never really drafted safeties.
We drafted Roy and Byron in the first.We never really drafted safeties.
Byron is a safety?We drafted Roy and Byron in the first.
Byron has always been a CB, it's just this team outsmarted themselves...with this addiction to position flex.Byron is a safety?
Byron is a safety?
Maybe but he wasn't a good safety and was moved accordinglyThey drafted him to be a FS.
This is really simple - your entire secondary gets better when you put more pressure on the quarterback.
The coaches believe in focusing on the defensive line.
I liked Harris a lot tooThat being said, it has been reported that at pick 90, they would have taken SS Will Harris if he was there. So they were willing to take certain guys that fit.
Dude’s been a DC assistant coach for ONE flippin’ season and he’s why we don’t draft safeties??!?I like Richard's philosophy for the secondary. SS in the box, CBs playing press and underneath, FS protecting all over the top.
This strategy calls for and *allows* bigger, stronger, longer, but maybe not so fast, at all DB positions but FS. That's also *cheaper* at all positions but FS.
If an Earl Thomas comes along for FS, we might try for him. We did, in fact. But I doubt any of the safeties at 58 and beyond were supposed to be Earl.
Looking at the guys we took, I see size and *long arms*, and guys we didn't have to spend premium picks on.
CB - Mike Jackson - 6-1 32 1/2
SS - Donovan Wilson - 6-0 33 3/8
CB - Mike Westry - 6-4 33 3/4
Everything is going exactly as planned. Teams thinking we were going to pick a safety high served our interests.
But not taking strong safeties or CBs early is a feature and benefit of a Richard secondary. Get used to it.
EDIT: I would change the title to "Richard - Not picking SSs or CBs early is a feature, not a bug"
F.A.L.S.E.This is not 100% true especially with our bend dont break style defense. We play off and keep everything in front of us. Mediocre secondary play allows QBs to get rid of the ball faster due to our trash scheme of playing off and not being aggressive. It's actually counterintuitive
truer words have never been spokenIf Richard is good with our current core of Safeties he’s an idiot.
Dude’s been a DC assistant coach for ONE flippin’ season and he’s why we don’t draft safeties??!?
That's about how I see it.
They'll spend to get a true single high FS. For in the box guys, they think they can get them cheaper. And they're right. Barry Church cost nothing to draft and little to extend, although I thought we were paying too much at the end.
Frazier just didn't pan out for us.
For a 6th round pick, Frazier has turned out just fine. He's an excellent special teams player who is on the field for all Special Teams plays except field goals and extra points. That's a good return on a 6th round pick. Really.
I like Richard's philosophy for the secondary. SS in the box, CBs playing press and underneath, FS protecting all over the top.
This strategy calls for and *allows* bigger, stronger, longer, but maybe not so fast, at all DB positions but FS. That's also *cheaper* at all positions but FS.
If an Earl Thomas comes along for FS, we might try for him. We did, in fact. But I doubt any of the safeties at 58 and beyond were supposed to be Earl.
Looking at the guys we took, I see size and *long arms*, and guys we didn't have to spend premium picks on.
CB - Mike Jackson - 6-1 32 1/2
SS - Donovan Wilson - 6-0 33 3/8
CB - Mike Westry - 6-4 33 3/4
Everything is going exactly as planned. Teams thinking we were going to pick a safety high served our interests.
But not taking strong safeties or CBs early is a feature and benefit of a Richard secondary. Get used to it.
EDIT: I would change the title to "Richard - Not picking SSs or CBs early is a feature, not a bug"
I like Richard's philosophy for the secondary. SS in the box, CBs playing press and underneath, FS protecting all over the top.
This strategy calls for and *allows* bigger, stronger, longer, but maybe not so fast, at all DB positions but FS. That's also *cheaper* at all positions but FS.
If an Earl Thomas comes along for FS, we might try for him. We did, in fact. But I doubt any of the safeties at 58 and beyond were supposed to be Earl.
Looking at the guys we took, I see size and *long arms*, and guys we didn't have to spend premium picks on.
CB - Mike Jackson - 6-1 32 1/2
SS - Donovan Wilson - 6-0 33 3/8
CB - Mike Westry - 6-4 33 3/4
Everything is going exactly as planned. Teams thinking we were going to pick a safety high served our interests.
But not taking strong safeties or CBs early is a feature and benefit of a Richard secondary. Get used to it.
EDIT: I would change the title to "Richard - Not picking SSs or CBs early is a feature, not a bug"
I don't think any teams cared who we were drafting.
We have to be careful in giving blind trust to these defensive guru to find "their guys" in any round. They have monsterous egos and think they can find their types anywhere even Home Depot if needed. The truth is they need help thru higher round draft picks. Marinelli is perfect example. He thought Woods could be as good as anyone else but what we saw was player get run-over for 60 minutes in playoff game. Also, this happened long time ago with Cowboys kicking coach in 1990 - Steve Hoffman. He got lucky few times taking no names and turning them into kickers. The consensus became just get him a guy and he will make kicker out of him...anyone. That turned out not to be true. The truth is these coaches aren't as elite as they might think and do need players with above average skill sets to become edge over opposing teams.
So unless we have an all pro safety our secondary will suck? That sounds great