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02-01-2010, 08:56 PM
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Here's a small sample(from footballfanspot.com): 1/23/10: Undersized and has poor tackling form, but he hits hard and his fundamental tackling issues can be corrected. He’s only 20 years old, but he had 8 picks this year showing his ballhawking abilities as a free safety. He has decent coverage skills too and could be looked at as a cornerback, though he has more value as a safety. His only issue will be at 5-11 190, fighting through the physicality at the line of scrimmage on running plays, and also, as is the case for someone who plays as wildly as he does at a small size, injuries in the future could be a concern. ............. ............. His speed in the open field is amazing and he has excellent closing speed to finish off ball carrier, denying them that extra yard or two, or to close on the ball while its in the air and get a pick, something he did 8 times this season. He has excellent hands and patrols a zone extremely well, though his ability to cover a guy man to man and predict where a wide receiver is going aren’t very good. ............ He’s really going to be at a disadvantage if asked to cover a tight end. Some see him as a cornerback, but I don’t see him as much more than a nickelback in the NFL, unless it were in a zone scheme, because his man coverage skills leave a lot to be desired. Last edited by Blitzwood; 02-01-2010 at 09:16 PM. 
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02-01-2010, 11:00 PM
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They say he is undersized for a FS. They say he will have trouble fighting through traffic at the LOS on running plays. They say he will struggle to cover TEs due to size. None of that has anything to do with playing CB. The only thing about him playing CB is the opinion that he would not be very good at it because he lacks in man coverage. So basically this website says he is small for FS and not good enough in coverage for CB. It says absolutely nothing about him being big enough for FS and too small for CB (in fact it says the exact opposite). So no matter how many lines you bolded, your earlier statements still make no sense. Because you need more size to play FS then CB.
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02-02-2010, 06:50 PM
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Um.......thanks for clarifying, no.... answering,.... your ongoing, whiny question. I hope you feel better now... Now, if you go back to the beginning of this thread, Roy asked me if I thought Earl Thomas could be our CB. I disagreed, saying he's , you guessed it, undersized and doesn't have great cover skills needed to defend at the next level. I still think he'll be a fine FS and would love to have him on our team, but knowing Kubiak's preferences, that probably won't happen. We could really use his playmaking abilities in the secondary, but Coach is probably gonna want his FS to help in run support. I don't think he'd be opposed to that, but he struggled against arguably the best running game in the country in the championship game. Second, I think we all know the prototypical NFL FS is over 6' and 200 lbs, Noone is arguing that point, well .....almost. Next, I showed you a scouting report stating he was clearly a FS, clearly undersized, and clearly very competent to play his position, all while not having great cover skills. I never said he didn't have the size to play CB, I said he didn't have the size or the cover skills to play CB at a high level. He looks at his best at FS where he can roam and make plays. Don't misled or misquote people here based upon your assumptions. I know what I said and stand by it 100%. Also, have you watched this kid play?? This kid brings it every down. You might want to rethink your earlier comment "If he is truly too small for CB then we definitely don't want him at FS." ..
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02-02-2010, 07:58 PM
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Silly of me to assume that when you said he doesn't have the size to play CB you were saying he doesn't have the size to play CB. But when I read your first post I honestly assumed that I must be misunderstanding you, so I asked a very simple question for clarification. You responded by saying that due to size he will struggle at CB but be good at FS. I asked again for clarification and you gave me a website that had nothing to do with the question. Then you claimed to be misquoted. So again I will simply say, if a guy is too small to play CB, he is definitely too small to play FS. Last edited by barrett; 02-03-2010 at 06:42 PM.
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02-03-2010, 06:32 PM
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I would rather we just waved goodbye to dRob on his way out. He is not even worth half of what he made last year.
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02-11-2010, 12:40 AM
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The problem is DRob is going to want to come back at a price that isnt worth what he can bring to the table, even in the FS position. I just dont see him agreeing to come back at less than $7 mil/yr, and at this point he's not worth that much. I say we let him go and move on.
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02-11-2010, 11:56 AM
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There is an old saying that you can't have too many good corners. So to me there is no downside in taking a CB in the first round if there is one on the board that they are in love with. But if there is a nose tackle or a big running back on the board, I could easily see them going in that direction too. No matter how much other teams as well as the Texans talk about taking BPA in the first round, if you look at previous drafts you will see they almost never do it. CB, NT or RB will very likely be the direction the Texans go in. By the way, I realize that guard is probably a big need too, but I just can't see them going for one at nineteen or twenty. A guard taken that high had better be a can't-miss pro bowl prospect.
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