Xavier Adibi - Strong Safety?

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by papabear

Not that I can tell either....and Kubiak has said as much.

The problem appears to be that the Texans want both of their Safety positions to be able to support the run AND drop into deep coverage, while garnering players who are better at the former than the latter.

In theory, one could conclude that the SS had better be able to play in the box to support the run. Also, because of the proliferation of "rocked up WRs" playing TE (borrowing a Mayockism), the SS had better be able to play man coverage against the likes of Kellen Winslow Jr, Jeremy Shockey, Antonio Gates, Dallas Clark, et. al. That, my friends, is a rare commodity (I was hopeful Boulware could be that guy). In order to disguise coverages (like a single deep safety), the defensive coordinator has to feel confident to be able to drop the SS just as often as he does the FS. Now, if you happen to have a talent like LaRon Landry, then it doesn't matter if the QB knows who is deep because he can close so quickly.

Personally, I think our best combination at the present time would be to play Nick Ferguson with Will Demps. I'm hopeful that the addition of Frank Okam will allow the defensive coordinator the luxury of playing the better coverage safeties and our LBs will be recording more tackles than our secondary. Remember, our LB corps has gotten faster this offseason too so they should be able to fly to the ball.