Originally Posted by
Jrudi
Are you serious??
Our Safety play was our weakest position on D last year, did you ever wonder why TE's and SLOT RECEIVERS TORE US UP ALL SEASON?
vs Bills : Chandler (An Average TE) had 5 rec for 63 yds and 2 TDs, as well as David Nedlson with 4 catches for 66 yards
vs Lions: Titus Young (slot reciever) 5rec 89 yds,
vs Vikings: Shancoe 6rec 68 yds
vs Chargers: Gates 4 rec 73 yds
vs Dolphins: Fasano 2 rec 38yds 2tds
vs Patriots: Gronkowski 4rec 96yds 2tds, Hernandez 4 rec 44yds
vs Bears: Kellen Davis 2 rec 40 yds
vs Jets: Dustin Keller 4 rec 44yds
vs Packers: Finely 3 rec 83 yds
My Point: A majority of our games we allowed opponents TE's or Slot receivers to be the teams LEADING or Close to leading receiver for that game. It is a weakness of ours and teams knew this and exploited it.
Donald Washington converting from a Corner to play safety, hasn't worked out that well.... We had Sabby Piscetelli (who probably will have a hard time getting on ANY roster until close to training camp), Quentin Lawrence (Who was a WR that didn't pan out), and Jon McGraw (who I like as a veteran presence and special teams leader, but am not fond of his safety play) and I like Reshard Langford, but he is a run stopping safety, not a coverage safety.
I view the safety position similar to our TE position...We have very talented starters, but after that...There's slim pickens, and just like Pioli made it a priority to find help at TE... (Pursuing Carlson, and signing Boss) We need to do the same with safety, especially since both Berry and Lewis are coming back from surgeries. If one goes down, we are in some trouble!
Bookmarks