Stephen Jones on FA losses

[JBS]

If Heath is our Day One starter, this team is in trouble.

Which FA safeties are still available ?

 

[Idgit]

i been saying that.

his career just reminds me of bill bates. Guy who started off as nothing more than a ST guy and worked his way up and became a good starter for the team

He's in the same boat Barry Church was in, though people forget that for some reason.

 

[JBell]

If Heath is our Day One starter, this team is in trouble.

Yeah, we don't need guys in the secondary that force turnovers.

 

[Setackin]

Is there a vid? I like to believe I can read body language very well lol

 

[JBS]

Yeah, we don't need guys in the secondary that force turnovers.

Hahahahahahahaha

Now all of a sudden Jeff Heath is a big time playmaker

What a joke

 

[speedkilz88]

Stephen Jones: “Inordinately Strong” Draft Talent On Defense Will Be A Focus

“Of course, as we’ve been saying, certainly our focus in the draft is going to be on defense,” Jones said Sunday from the NFL Annual Meeting in Phoenix. “You don’t ever want to say that’s all we’re going to take. The best player still applies. At the same time, we’ve made some moves to shore up some of these, especially on offense, so we don’t necessarily have needs on the offensive side of the ball.

“Now let me be real clear, if a great offensive player shows up that’s of great value to us, that doesn’t mean we aren’t going to pick an offensive player. But our focus is on defense, and even though we lost some numbers on defense, some of them we were ready to move on from and then there are others – obviously, we replaced our corner (in free agency with Carroll). We had four really good corners, as it turned out last year.”

“At the end of the day, we value our players,” Jones said from the NFL Annual Meeting in Phoenix. “At certain numbers it’s efficient for us to sign them and at other numbers it’s not. We have a lot of good young players on defense where we lost players here.”

“Well, I think at the end of the day, the blanket stance on the defense is the No. 1 priority is get more pressure and right there with it is 1-A, make more plays on the ball, turnovers,” Jones said. “We’ve been middle of the pack to lower in terms of those two categories and we have to improve. And that’s how you win football games.”

 

[JBell]

If there was a safety prospect that was 6'1, ran a 4.4 with a 37 inch vertical, could hit and had range, he would be everyone's pet cat.

But not if his name is Jeff Heath.

 

[waldoputty]

Which FA safeties are still available ?

if you look at the roster and do a count, they already have 48 players that will likely be on the roster.
you add 5 from the draft, there is literally no space to add any more FAs.
instead of quantity, they should have gotten better quality especially at the RT and CB that were signed.

 

[JBell]

Hahahahahahahaha

Now all of a sudden Jeff Heath is a big time playmaker

What a joke

Either you think the Green Bay game was a fluke, or you think Heath can be at the very least, a league average starting safety.

Intelligent people watch that game and see a safety capable of starting.

 

[jterrell]

I was hopeful Stephen would play these things closer to the vest.
Not sure whats to gain by coming out and saying, "hey we were looking in another direction".

But philosophically he is correct... you don't keep guys just to keep them.

IMHO this puts tremendous pressure on McClay to find replacements in this draft class.

Having Broadus say "they can get better guys than the ones that left out of this draft" is one thing.
Stephen saying it makes it a real expectation.
And rookies coming in and outperforming 5-8 year starting vets is rare.

 

[JBS]

Either you think the Green Bay game was a fluke, or you think Heath can be at the very least, a league average starting safety.

Intelligent people watch that game and see a safety capable of starting.

Now all of a sudden one game is enough evidence to jump to conclusions...right

There's nothing intelligent about that..as a matter of fact, nobody with an ounce of intelligence agrees w your conclusion

 

[jterrell]

if you look at the roster and do a count, they already have 48 players that will likely be on the roster.
you add 5 from the draft, there is literally no space to add any more FAs.
instead of quantity, they should have gotten better quality especially at the RT and CB that were signed.

please stop trying to do math.

dallas will have injuries man.
I personally guarantee you more than 5 guys not currently on this roster will make opening game.

 

[Derinyar]

If there was a safety prospect that was 6'1, ran a 4.4 with a 37 inch vertical, could hit and had range, he would be everyone's pet cat.

But not if his name is Jeff Heath.

Too many people remember a small school UDFA rookie getting beaten like a drum by Calvin Johnson, and having the TE cheating to prevent him from tackling AD also. That fixed who the player was in their mind. I don't know if he can be an average SS or an above average SS but I think there's at least a chance.

 

[waldoputty]

please stop trying to do math.

dallas will have injuries man.
I personally guarantee you more than 5 guys not currently on this roster will make opening game.

why not do a count.
48 and that is not counting Romo and Moore the DE who may be crazy.

 

[cwbyfan72]

Jeff Heath. Always around the ball, which.....wait for it......increases he chance of turnovers. It's not that hard folks. The player has improved. Let him fight for the spot.

 

[cheftjpeck]

If Heath is our Day One starter, this team is in trouble.

Thanks coach .... SMH ...

 

[JBell]

This might look foreign to some of you, but at 8:55, this is what an NFL safety with range looks like.



Heath baited Aaron Rodgers in a playoff game. Aaron Rodgers.

 

[LatinMind]

He's in the same boat Barry Church was in, though people forget that for some reason.

I think he should start. The guy has the best skills to make a play on the ball of any of the guys they had last yr. I think right now the only guy who can close in on the ball better then him right now is scandrick if hes back to pre injury.

 

[LatinMind]

This might look foreign to some of you, but at 8:55, this is what an NFL safety with range looks like.



Heath baited Aaron Rodgers in a playoff game. Aaron Rodgers.

nice stuff. But was i the only one who had to mute that creepy voice? i was waiting for chris wallace to pop out.

 

[StarBoyz83]

If Heath is our Day One starter, this team is in trouble.

The team is already in trouble for this season. They are just barely starting the rebuild of the defense.