Safety Measurable(s) - Cowboys Roster

[xwalker]

Heath compares favorably to the other Safeties on this or last year's roster.

Only Byron Jones and potential Safety Awuzie had better forty times than Heath.


Jeff Heath
Height: 6011
Weight: 209
40 Yrd Dash: 4.48
20 Yrd Dash: 2.70
10 Yrd Dash: 1.59
225 Lb. Bench Reps: 22
Vertical Jump: 37
Broad Jump: 10'06"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.36
3-Cone Drill: 6.88

Xavier Woods
Height: 5106
Weight: 197
40 Yrd Dash: 4.54
20 Yrd Dash: 2.65
10 Yrd Dash: 1.59
225 Lb. Bench Reps: 19
Vertical Jump: 33 1/2
Broad Jump: 10'02"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.13
3-Cone Drill: 6.72

Robert Blanton
Height: 6006
Weight: 208
40 Yrd Dash: 4.52
20 Yrd Dash: 2.53
10 Yrd Dash: 1.55
225 Lb. Bench Reps: 12
Vertical Jump: 34
Broad Jump: 09'08"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 3.97
3-Cone Drill: 6.71

Kavon Frazier
Height: 5117
Weight: 217
40 Yrd Dash: 4.58
20 Yrd Dash: 2.66
10 Yrd Dash: 1.65
225 Lb. Bench Reps: 18
Vertical Jump: 40 1/2
Broad Jump: 10'08"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.40
3-Cone Drill: 6.88

Byron Jones
Height: 6005
Weight: 199
40 Yrd Dash: 4.43
20 Yrd Dash: 2.52
10 Yrd Dash: 1.50
225 Lb. Bench Reps: 18
Vertical Jump: 44 1/2
Broad Jump: 12'03"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 3.94
3-Cone Drill: 6.78


Potential Safety:
Chidobe Awuzie
Height: 5116
Weight: 202
40 Yrd Dash: 4.43
20 Yrd Dash: 2.57
10 Yrd Dash: 1.53
225 Lb. Bench Reps: 16
Vertical Jump: 39 1/2
Broad Jump: 11'00"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.14
3-Cone Drill: 6.81


Previous Safeties:
Barry Church
Height: 6014
Weight: 222
40 Yrd Dash: 4.64
20 Yrd Dash: 2.78
10 Yrd Dash: 1.58
225 Lb. Bench Reps: 19
Vertical Jump: 36
Broad Jump: 10'01"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.17
3-Cone Drill: 6.65

JJ Wilcox
Height: 6000
Weight: 213
40 Yrd Dash: 4.57
20 Yrd Dash: 2.65
10 Yrd Dash: 1.57
225 Lb. Bench Reps: 17
Vertical Jump: 35
Broad Jump: 10'04"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.09
3-Cone Drill: 7.02

 

[AsthmaField]

Looks like Woods early speed and change of direction are superior to Heath's, while Heath's long speed is better.

 

[Frozen700]

Looks like Woods early speed and change of direction are superior to Heath's, while Heath's long speed is better.

Not by a huge margin....but yeah

 

[xwalker]

Looks like Woods early speed and change of direction are superior to Heath's, while Heath's long speed is better.

Yes, Woods has better agility numbers; although, Heath had a much better Vert and weighed 12 more pounds.

Oddly, Barry Church had a better 3-cone than anyone on the list.

 

[AsthmaField]

Yes, Woods has better agility numbers; although, Heath had a much better Vert and weighed 12 more pounds.

Oddly, Barry Church had a better 3-cone than anyone on the list.

It is the only way he got by.... and his smarts

 

[LocimusPrime]

Landon Collins had inferior measurables to Sparq Warlord Byron Jones

 

[AsthmaField]

To me X's quick change of direction and Heath's long speed says keep Woods closer to the line of scrimmage while Jeff should play more deep safety.

But really, their numbers aren't that far apart... so it likely wouldn't matter that much.

 

[xwalker]

Landon Collins had inferior measurables to Sparq Warlord Byron Jones

Not much if you scale based on weight.

Collins 228
Jones 199

Collins played Strong Safety in 2016 so you can't really compared them directly.

 

[AsthmaField]

Collins played much better in year two... but he didn't impress me all that much. Take that one pick6 away and his season highlights are more ho-hum.

 

[xwalker]

To me X's quick change of direction and Heath's long speed says keep Woods closer to the line of scrimmage while Jeff should play more deep safety.

But really, their numbers aren't that far apart... so it likely wouldn't matter that much.

There are snaps available for a 3rd and possibly 4th Safety.

Last season Wilcox and Heath played significant snaps despite the starters Church/Jones not missing many snaps.

They played 6 DBs in a couple of formations:
4-1-6
3-2-6

I think there were even some snaps where 4 Safeties were on the field (Jones, Church, Wilcox and Heath). With Jones ability to play CB they can mix things up.

 

[AsthmaField]

There are snaps available for a 3rd and possibly 4th Safety.

Last season Wilcox and Heath played significant snaps despite the starters Church/Jones not missing many snaps.

They played 6 DBs in a couple of formations:
4-1-6
3-2-6

I think there were even some snaps where 4 Safeties were on the field (Jones, Church, Wilcox and Heath). With Jones ability to play CB they can mix things up.

Yeah they liked to have DB's on the field that could also tackle. Woods and Awuzie both fit that bill nicely.... even though I think Cidobe is going to be a corner.

Instead of Jones, Church, Heath and JJ... it will likely, IMO, be Jones, Heath, Woods and Awuzie. The tackling will be nearly as good and the coverage should be far, far superior.

Plus, two of them (Heath and Woods) both are guys that tend to find the ball and get turnovers.

The Cowboys plan is looking really smart this offseason.

 

[CCBoy]

Hey, waiting for training camp to start in just under three weeks, and dang if a great conversation break out. Thanks...and the speed in the entire secondary has been improved.

I like it that both Scandrick and Brown, both, had been timed at 4.3's...

 

[xwalker]

Yeah they liked to have DB's on the field that could also tackle. Woods and Awuzie both fit that bill nicely.... even though I think Cidobe is going to be a corner.

Instead of Jones, Church, Heath and JJ... it will likely, IMO, be Jones, Heath, Woods and Awuzie. The tackling will be nearly as good and the coverage should be far, far superior.

Plus, two of them (Heath and Woods) both are guys that tend to find the ball and get turnovers.

The Cowboys plan is looking really smart this offseason.

I think Awuzie will get practice time at both CB and Safety because they will likely want him to be the 6th DB if he is not immediately a starting CB. That 6th DB spot is ideally a CB/Safety hybrid which gives the defense a lot more flexibility. Woods fits in that mold also because he played a lot of snaps in man coverage against slot WRs.

The Cowboys defense had many limitations that the coaches had to scheme around last year. Church had very limited range. For a CB, Carr had limited range. Scandrick had nagging injury issues that caused him to have issues tacking. Claiborne was better than in the past but was always mentally limited. Hitchens was good against the run but has limited range in coverage. Brown was a rookie.

Byron Jones covered up for a lot of the other players limitations despite it being his first year as the starting FS.

You can cover up for 1 player but when multiple players have limitations, it makes the coaches job very difficult.

 

[BAT]

Looks like Woods early speed and change of direction are superior to Heath's, while Heath's long speed is better.

I think we'll see both Heath and Woods playing deep with Jones and Awuzie as dime backers closer to line of scrimmage due to their better ability in man coverage. Plus Awuzie is a terror coming off the edge as pass rusher.

 

[haleyrules]

Landon Collins had inferior measurables to Sparq Warlord Byron Jones

Ha! Who is this Cowboy named Landon Collins...is he on the PS?? I never heard of him....

 

[haleyrules]

Yes, Woods has better agility numbers; although, Heath had a much better Vert and weighed 12 more pounds.

Oddly, Barry Church had a better 3-cone than anyone on the list.

Athletics are great, l get that. The real question should be...are they FOOTBALL players. Heath, for example, may not be a great athlete..,but he does seem to be a Football player. Thats important.

 

[JoeKing]

I don't really care about this stat stuff. I want to see how they do in training camp. You know they got their work cut out for them going against our top notch offense. The receiving corps ought to be hunger to eat up the lunch of all these rookies guarding them.

 

[LocimusPrime]

Ha! Who is this Cowboy named Landon Collins...is he on the PS?? I never heard of him....

Wait....we didn't draft him? I swear he was on the board when it was our pick.

 

[haleyrules]

Wait....we didn't draft him? I swear he was on the board when it was our pick.

. Tell you what...l really wish the Cowboys had this boy...he is the real thing.

 

[xwalker]

Athletics are great, l get that. The real question should be...are they FOOTBALL players. Heath, for example, may not be a great athlete..,but he does seem to be a Football player. Thats important.

Yes, a lot goes into playing Safety at the NFL level.

Quick decisions and anticipation make a player faster. No amount of athletic ability can make up for a lack of those attributes, especially at Safety.

Sean Lee vs Brice Carter is a good example of football player vs athlete. Many players and coaches said Carter was the best overall athlete on the team when he was here being stronger, faster, quicker and jumping higher than any LB and most other players. Despite all of that, Lee is obviously the better player.