Team sees Mukuama as Safety

[Carson]

Quinn said pretty definitely during his press conference that Neal will be a LB.

I see that on paper. But I believe he moves in nickel situations.

Going to be hard keeping Parsons or Cox off the field.

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

I see that on paper. But I believe he moves in nickel situations.

Going to be hard keeping Parsons or Cox off the field.

Neal to safety makes sense to me. Especially, in the nickel which is more of a passing slanted scheme. I like Neal’s experience as a safety there more than Cox.

 

[Daillest88]

That hill pick was one the worst i ever saw tge cowboys make. The other 2 were bobby carpenter and felix jones

Man hill could become a surprise cut. I don’t think there messing around on defense this year

 

[Gaede]

Man hill could become a surprise cut. I don’t think there messing around on defense this year

Hill is for sure getting cut.

 

[GORICO]

It’ll be an interesting thing to watch. It could hit or miss, for sure. If he does work out though, it’d be a pretty big hit I think.

Certainly worth a shot at that point.

come on man..they have been trying to turn people into safties for a decade...instead of spending quality draft picks for a good one already

 

[CATCH17]

Strong Safety or Free?

It’s hard to tell but it doesn’t look like he has the change of direction to be a Free.

 

[GORICO]

Ugh. More "meh", than "yeah".



Time will tell. Hope he improves.

he sucks like all of them do and have for years

 

[Jarv]

Strong Safety or Free?

It’s hard to tell but it doesn’t look like he has the change of direction to be a Free.

I wonder how Wilson would do as a free safety, it seems were loaded at strong.

 

[Landryhat73]

You’re point is valid but which available safety would you have picked

Only one I can think of is Johnson out of Indiana but he seemed to be allergic to tackling. After Holland, Grant and Moehrig went it was slim pickings.

 

[Landryhat73]

I wonder how Wilson would do as a free safety, it seems were loaded at strong.

Why change his position, he was a bright spot last year on a pathetic defense.

 

[Hoofbite]

Another CB to S transition? What could possibly go wrong?

 

[DoctorChicken]

I don't see all the hate over this idea. PFN had him listed as a Safety.

 

[starfan1]

Why change his position, he was a bright spot last year on a pathetic defense.

I think that expecting Wilson to play free is much like asking Roy Williams to do it . It’s not a strong suit he’s an in the box guy

 

[John813]

He did play safety here and there in college so it's not a foreign position for him to possibly transition to in the pros

 

[DandyDon52]

Ok I'm just gone call him Mamaduke.

how about Muku ? and just Osa for the other one lol

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

he sucks like all of them do and have for years

Is that a GORICO lock?

If so, that means he'll be an All Pro.

 

[xwalker]

Listening to the Day 3 press conference Stephen just mentioned the team envisions starting Israel Mukuama out at safety. They believe he has the size (mentioned weight) and balls skills to play in that role.

Outside of Parsons, Mukuama may be my favorite pick on defense this draft class. That said, I'm not sure he has the sideline-to-sideline speed to play single high safety. I think he has a role in certain coverage units playing press man or in the red zone. We'll see. He's intriguing.

When you watch his cutups you see his lengthy clearly playing a role in creating turnovers. Too tired now, but will cutup some gifs later.

It’ll be an interesting thing to watch. It could hit or miss, for sure. If he does work out though, it’d be a pretty big hit I think.

Certainly worth a shot at that point.

He was originally expected to play Safety in college.

He was somewhat highly rated after the 2019 season but struggled with injury issues in 2020 then opted out of the final 3 games after the head coach was fired.

Right after last year's draft, this guy projected him to the 1st round.
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/s...d-1-of-cbs-sports-latest-2021-nfl-mock-draft/

 

[gimmesix]

He was originally expected to play Safety in college.

He was somewhat highly rated after the 2019 season but struggled with injury issues in 2020 then opted out of the final 3 games after the head coach was fired.

Right after last year's draft, this guy projected him to the 1st round.
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/s...d-1-of-cbs-sports-latest-2021-nfl-mock-draft/

Injuries are part of what makes drafting so difficult. Players that we want sometimes have medical issues that we don't know of that keep them from being taken earlier or at all. Then, there are players we don't want or downgrade, not understanding how much injuries affected their game. The hard part is knowing how much was due to injury and how much was just due to offenses figuring out how to beat them.

 

[gimmesix]

Neal to safety makes sense to me. Especially, in the nickel which is more of a passing slanted scheme. I like Neal’s experience as a safety there more than Cox.

From what I can tell, I think Cox is better in coverage than Neal. Neal is better playing the run, though.

 

[kskboys]

I see that on paper. But I believe he moves in nickel situations.

Going to be hard keeping Parsons or Cox off the field.

Parsons is a 3 down LB and will start from the start. No doubt whatsoever.