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Carlos Becker - Osceola - Safety

He is scheduled to used his last 3 officials on Ole Miss, Kentucky, and FSU. Richt needs to offer ASAP to get him to bump one of those officials.
 
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I was a CB who was a S convert for college, and I will tell you, it is completely different. It isn't the same as playing corner at all. Responsibilities are different, eye discipline is completely different, angles are different.

A lot of individuals believe that speed comes into play in coverage, but honestly, your speed comes into play at S much more in the running game. Being angle to take an angle and fill a hole before the RB can hit it is the most important thing in run support for a S. Too often a S has to flatten his angle because of a speed deficiency, the RB is able to get into space, and that is obviously such a harder play to make and often times you are either riding the RB out-of-bounds after a big gain, or missing the tackle all together.

Dallas Crawford would see the play, identify where he should be, but his body just couldn't do it. He didn't have the speed to hit the angle and therefore you saw him missing so many tackles where a S who could see it AND run to it would've stopped the RB for a minimal gain.

Make no mistake about it; the little details at S are what is important. If you aren't comfortable moving in a linear fashion, have the eye discipline to be where you need to be, and then the foot speed to get there, you won't be a star. Before anyone throws out the Ed Reed's, please understand he is an outlier. His instincts and ability to diagnose the play ahead of time were preternatural and not the norm. You just don't comp players to Ed Reed. You need to look for the prototype skills to be successful in your scheme and then identify the rare outlier exceptions if they come along.
 
HurricaneVision said:
I was a CB who was a S convert for college, and I will tell you, it is completely different. It isn't the same as playing corner at all. Responsibilities are different, eye discipline is completely different, angles are different.

A lot of individuals believe that speed comes into play in coverage, but honestly, your speed comes into play at S much more in the running game. Being angle to take an angle and fill a hole before the RB can hit it is the most important thing in run support for a S. Too often a S has to flatten his angle because of a speed deficiency, the RB is able to get into space, and that is obviously such a harder play to make and often times you are either riding the RB out-of-bounds after a big gain, or missing the tackle all together.

Dallas Crawford would see the play, identify where he should be, but his body just couldn't do it. He didn't have the speed to hit the angle and therefore you saw him missing so many tackles where a S who could see it AND run to it would've stopped the RB for a minimal gain.

Make no mistake about it; the little details at S are what is important. If you aren't comfortable moving in a linear fashion, have the eye discipline to be where you need to be, and then the foot speed to get there, you won't be a star. Before anyone throws out the Ed Reed's, please understand he is an outlier. His instincts and ability to diagnose the play ahead of time were preternatural and not the norm. You just don't comp players to Ed Reed. You need to look for the prototype skills to be successful in your scheme and then identify the rare outlier exceptions if they come along.
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I went back and forth between playing safety and corner due to depth issues. This guy knows what he's talking about.
 
HurricaneVision said:
Before anyone throws out the Ed Reed's, please understand he is an outlier. His instincts and ability to diagnose the play ahead of time were preternatural and not the norm. You just don't comp players to Ed Reed. You need to look for the prototype skills to be successful in your scheme and then identify the rare outlier exceptions if they come along.
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Bad misconception about E Reed. That boy had world class quickness and his long speed wasn't bad either. The greatest "slow" safety I've seen is probably Polomalu.
 
No disrespect, but for the folks that agreed with what D'Onofrio said in that video, what exactly is it that you agree with?

Because I definitely don't agree with the Safety standing flat footed, not moving forward on a run, not backpedaling, yadda,yadda,yadda.

Now on a run play, maybe...but I've never seen a flat-footed Safety make a play when the QB throws the ball well downfield. Not saying it's never happened, just that I've never seen it...IJS!
 
Becker is going to be a good 1. Need to find a way to get him. Read NC State might be the team to beat.
 
SamBruceMyBabyDaddy said:
HurricaneVision said:
Before anyone throws out the Ed Reed's, please understand he is an outlier. His instincts and ability to diagnose the play ahead of time were preternatural and not the norm. You just don't comp players to Ed Reed. You need to look for the prototype skills to be successful in your scheme and then identify the rare outlier exceptions if they come along.
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Bad misconception about E Reed. That boy had world class quickness and his long speed wasn't bad either. The greatest "slow" safety I've seen is probably Polomalu.
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He ran 4.6's and couldn't jump. Sorry, on this one the numbers do not back up your assertion.
 
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HurricaneVision said:
I was a CB who was a S convert for college, and I will tell you, it is completely different. It isn't the same as playing corner at all. Responsibilities are different, eye discipline is completely different, angles are different.

A lot of individuals believe that speed comes into play in coverage, but honestly, your speed comes into play at S much more in the running game. Being angle to take an angle and fill a hole before the RB can hit it is the most important thing in run support for a S. Too often a S has to flatten his angle because of a speed deficiency, the RB is able to get into space, and that is obviously such a harder play to make and often times you are either riding the RB out-of-bounds after a big gain, or missing the tackle all together.

Dallas Crawford would see the play, identify where he should be, but his body just couldn't do it. He didn't have the speed to hit the angle and therefore you saw him missing so many tackles where a S who could see it AND run to it would've stopped the RB for a minimal gain.

Make no mistake about it; the little details at S are what is important. If you aren't comfortable moving in a linear fashion, have the eye discipline to be where you need to be, and then the foot speed to get there, you won't be a star. Before anyone throws out the Ed Reed's, please understand he is an outlier. His instincts and ability to diagnose the play ahead of time were preternatural and not the norm. You just don't comp players to Ed Reed. You need to look for the prototype skills to be successful in your scheme and then identify the rare outlier exceptions if they come along.
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AtrainCane said:
HurricaneVision said:
I was a CB who was a S convert for college, and I will tell you, it is completely different. It isn't the same as playing corner at all. Responsibilities are different, eye discipline is completely different, angles are different.

A lot of individuals believe that speed comes into play in coverage, but honestly, your speed comes into play at S much more in the running game. Being angle to take an angle and fill a hole before the RB can hit it is the most important thing in run support for a S. Too often a S has to flatten his angle because of a speed deficiency, the RB is able to get into space, and that is obviously such a harder play to make and often times you are either riding the RB out-of-bounds after a big gain, or missing the tackle all together.

Dallas Crawford would see the play, identify where he should be, but his body just couldn't do it. He didn't have the speed to hit the angle and therefore you saw him missing so many tackles where a S who could see it AND run to it would've stopped the RB for a minimal gain.

Make no mistake about it; the little details at S are what is important. If you aren't comfortable moving in a linear fashion, have the eye discipline to be where you need to be, and then the foot speed to get there, you won't be a star. Before anyone throws out the Ed Reed's, please understand he is an outlier. His instincts and ability to diagnose the play ahead of time were preternatural and not the norm. You just don't comp players to Ed Reed. You need to look for the prototype skills to be successful in your scheme and then identify the rare outlier exceptions if they come along.
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Will someone help me out on this?

What does a period after a quoted post mean?
 
HurricaneVision said:
I was a CB who was a S convert for college, and I will tell you, it is completely different. It isn't the same as playing corner at all. Responsibilities are different, eye discipline is completely different, angles are different.

A lot of individuals believe that speed comes into play in coverage, but honestly, your speed comes into play at S much more in the running game. Being angle to take an angle and fill a hole before the RB can hit it is the most important thing in run support for a S. Too often a S has to flatten his angle because of a speed deficiency, the RB is able to get into space, and that is obviously such a harder play to make and often times you are either riding the RB out-of-bounds after a big gain, or missing the tackle all together.

Dallas Crawford would see the play, identify where he should be, but his body just couldn't do it. He didn't have the speed to hit the angle and therefore you saw him missing so many tackles where a S who could see it AND run to it would've stopped the RB for a minimal gain.

Make no mistake about it; the little details at S are what is important. If you aren't comfortable moving in a linear fashion, have the eye discipline to be where you need to be, and then the foot speed to get there, you won't be a star. Before anyone throws out the Ed Reed's, please understand he is an outlier. His instincts and ability to diagnose the play ahead of time were preternatural and not the norm. You just don't comp players to Ed Reed. You need to look for the prototype skills to be successful in your scheme and then identify the rare outlier exceptions if they come along.
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I second this statement. Never made it to the collegiate level due to injuries, but I made the switch from DB to SS in HS due to depth issues and it was totally, TOTALLY different. You see teams w/ weak safety play and you'll see a QB put up big numbers. Safeties are the QB for the secondary and you have to have the foot speed, along w/ instinct, and like [MENTION=5374]HurricaneVision[/MENTION] stated, that eye discipline and willing to take a ****'s head off.
 
HurricaneVision said:
AtrainCane said:
HurricaneVision said:
I was a CB who was a S convert for college, and I will tell you, it is completely different. It isn't the same as playing corner at all. Responsibilities are different, eye discipline is completely different, angles are different.

A lot of individuals believe that speed comes into play in coverage, but honestly, your speed comes into play at S much more in the running game. Being angle to take an angle and fill a hole before the RB can hit it is the most important thing in run support for a S. Too often a S has to flatten his angle because of a speed deficiency, the RB is able to get into space, and that is obviously such a harder play to make and often times you are either riding the RB out-of-bounds after a big gain, or missing the tackle all together.

Dallas Crawford would see the play, identify where he should be, but his body just couldn't do it. He didn't have the speed to hit the angle and therefore you saw him missing so many tackles where a S who could see it AND run to it would've stopped the RB for a minimal gain.

Make no mistake about it; the little details at S are what is important. If you aren't comfortable moving in a linear fashion, have the eye discipline to be where you need to be, and then the foot speed to get there, you won't be a star. Before anyone throws out the Ed Reed's, please understand he is an outlier. His instincts and ability to diagnose the play ahead of time were preternatural and not the norm. You just don't comp players to Ed Reed. You need to look for the prototype skills to be successful in your scheme and then identify the rare outlier exceptions if they come along.
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Will someone help me out on this?

What does a period after a quoted post mean?
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He concurs with your post.
 
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HurricaneVision said:
I was a CB who was a S convert for college, and I will tell you, it is completely different. It isn't the same as playing corner at all. Responsibilities are different, eye discipline is completely different, angles are different.

A lot of individuals believe that speed comes into play in coverage, but honestly, your speed comes into play at S much more in the running game. Being angle to take an angle and fill a hole before the RB can hit it is the most important thing in run support for a S. Too often a S has to flatten his angle because of a speed deficiency, the RB is able to get into space, and that is obviously such a harder play to make and often times you are either riding the RB out-of-bounds after a big gain, or missing the tackle all together.

Dallas Crawford would see the play, identify where he should be, but his body just couldn't do it. He didn't have the speed to hit the angle and therefore you saw him missing so many tackles where a S who could see it AND run to it would've stopped the RB for a minimal gain.

Make no mistake about it; the little details at S are what is important. If you aren't comfortable moving in a linear fashion, have the eye discipline to be where you need to be, and then the foot speed to get there, you won't be a star. Before anyone throws out the Ed Reed's, please understand he is an outlier. His instincts and ability to diagnose the play ahead of time were preternatural and not the norm. You just don't comp players to Ed Reed. You need to look for the prototype skills to be successful in your scheme and then identify the rare outlier exceptions if they come along.
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I, too, was tried at a little bit of both and ended up as a S. I ******* love the game of football from S perspective. It's absolutely about all the details and, as I said in another thread, short area quickness. Because of an injury on our team, I was moved from FS to SS for a good portion of the year and didn't enjoy the intricacies as much. Still a lot of fun - depending on coverage.
 
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