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He may have been my favorite recruit in the 24 class. He is just so good. He can do alot. He can cover kicks, he can block kicks, he can run and hit, he can cover, he can blitz, he seems like a smart player. He just made so many different type plays in high school.
 
Brooklyndee said:
He's definitely gonna get significant reps. By the second half of the season he may very well be starting. Just depends how everything lines up cause Meesh being as versatile as he is,that's the only given for playing time. Harris well have to see and then obviously it's all about health. Any way it goes I can't see any path to him not having plenty of snaps
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In which role: boundary or field Safety? I feel like he can likely do a lot of the things we need on the field side, but uncertain about his range/speed. And, he'd likely head down hill well on the Boundary side, but against 4 and 5WR looks, unless Guidry switches things up a good bit from last year (which is possible), he'd end up in man coverage against a #2 WR a good bit.

I prefer to have Powell in that man coverage role. Perhaps you've seen Zaquan's coverage skills evolve in the offseason workouts, etc.? They can also ask him to do some of the stuff James Williams did last year, and perhaps he can do it with more eye discipline and short area quickness.

@WestEndZone, any thoughts? The DB dynamic, especially with Safety skill sets, still has me concerned.
 
LuCane said:
In which role: boundary or field Safety? I feel like he can likely do a lot of the things we need on the field side, but uncertain about his range/speed. And, he'd likely head down hill well on the Boundary side, but against 4 and 5WR looks, unless Guidry switches things up a good bit from last year (which is possible), he'd end up in man coverage against a #2 WR a good bit.

I prefer to have Powell in that man coverage role. Perhaps you've seen Zaquan's coverage skills evolve in the offseason workouts, etc.? They can also ask him to do some of the stuff James Williams did last year, and perhaps he can do it with more eye discipline and short area quickness.

@WestEndZone, any thoughts? The DB dynamic, especially with Safety skill sets, still has me concerned.
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That's the thing though when I was saying not much is defined and it can go multiple ways is because like with the online. Several of our DBS are getting reps in various roles. Zaquan in particular. I see him more often than not at boundary but he's more than physical enough to play field. Safety is definitely where my concern lies for the defense. But we do have more than enough skill at the position to make it work. But it's dependent on how quickly the line gets on the same page.
 
He is a boundary guy theoretically and, I believe, currently in our depth chart. If all other DB positions are equal, and your boundary safety is an absolute ball player, that is the position that will help yield the most results as a unit. He should be the guy that can do it all. He is a nickel, FS and OLB all in one. How much he does each of those jobs is circumstantial to your gameplan. If he really can do it all, then your playcalling and personnel packages are easy mode and offenses have a tougher time scouting you.

He can do more than James IMO. James was a glorified Will backer last year (in fact I beleive Cam was more suited for boundary than James). Once Zaquan is fully acclimated, I think he is your ideal Boundary Safety. He is natural and instinctual in run support; he has shown the ability to play underneath in man coverage; and hopefully he has the awareness and fluidity to play any form of deep zone. He won't need to play a ton of man to the slot; if we keep getting formations into the boundary, I will see guidy checking to a zone where we can allow the offensive formation to decompress into a pattern match or zone look.

I am not seeing practice, so I can't really comment on the rest. I think they are cross training because they don't have depth. They gotta manufacture something.

As for 4-5 WR sets, that is a personnel package thing, I think. No one really stays in that too long and we will be able to change personnel or play calling as needed.
 
WestEndZone said:
As for 4-5 WR sets, that is a personnel package thing, I think. No one really stays in that too long and we will be able to change personnel or play calling as needed.
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This is the thrust of my post, though. I think we’ll see a healthy amount of 4WR this year. That’s what I’d do against our defensive roster. If we do see this, you mentioned you’ve seen ZP cover underneath man routes. I haven’t, I guess. Do you see him as someone with enough quickness to do so? Do you see that immediately? This is the scenario I’ve emphasized throughout the offseason, as I think Powell would have to play there for us. At least in the near term.
 
LuCane said:
This is the thrust of my post, though. I think we’ll see a healthy amount of 4WR this year. That’s what I’d do against our defensive roster. If we do see this, you mentioned you’ve seen ZP cover underneath man routes. I haven’t, I guess. Do you see him as someone with enough quickness to do so? Do you see that immediately? This is the scenario I’ve emphasized throughout the offseason, as I think Powell would have to play there for us. At least in the near term.
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It could happen. I don’t know if there is a big concern. Against 10 personnel we will probably play out of a quarters shell—I don’t think we’ll need the extra guy in the box to stop the run. Maybe I’m wrong. Patterson will thrive flat footing in a read #2/inside quarter alignment.

00 personnel will be specialized personnel and playcalling.

As to his skill set, I really to believe he has the ability to do it all. I have seen enough to know he can play in the slot enough. He looked good underneath in the state title game.

I think a big part of his development will be mental. He’ll obviously get a million 1 on 1 reps to work his technique, but i think alignment and understanding leverage will be a huge part of his gaining confidence in man coverage.
 
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