My only question is this. We don't have much depth at corner at all, so with him moving to safety that leaves Bandy, Young, Delaney, and Dean that's hair thin depth, one injury and sheesh. You need at least 6 serviceable corners imo.
How the University of Miami is so thin at Safety and RB boggles my ******* mind
BKDee did tell us back in the Spring the staff wanted him at Safety all along.
Go rewatch that Toledo game, he was routinely beat against their WR's, he had several blown coverages one of which lead to a TD.
He doesn't have the footwork to play CB, which is why it made no sense for him to be named the starter over Young in the first place.
Tackling was the supposed reason, but Young was a better tackler than MJack last year. Go watch Young in that NC St game, vs Pitt, vs VA & vs Duke he was making good tackles all over the field & this was last year.
The kid had an INT in every **** practice & scrimmage in both Spring Ball & Fall camp.
Also, Dean should've been playing ahead of MJack as well, he's a pure cover corner, I know tackling is important, but not getting beat & making plays on the ball is far more important for a CB.
Glad Diaz isn't too stubborn to realize that there's no need to debilitate your defense & leave us vulnerable in coverage by keeping MJ at CB.
His problem is lack of athletic ability & like you said in space.BKDee did tell us back in the Spring the staff wanted him at Safety all along.
Go rewatch that Toledo game, he was routinely beat against their WR's, he had several blown coverages one of which lead to a TD.
He doesn't have the footwork to play CB, which is why it made no sense for him to be named the starter over Young in the first place.
Tackling was the supposed reason, but Young was a better tackler than MJack last year. Go watch Young in that NC St game, vs Pitt, vs VA & vs Duke he was making good tackles all over the field & this was last year.
The kid had an INT in every **** practice & scrimmage in both Spring Ball & Fall camp.
Also, Dean should've been playing ahead of MJack as well, he's a pure cover corner, I know tackling is important, but not getting beat & making plays on the ball is far more important for a CB.
Glad Diaz isn't too stubborn to realize that there's no need to debilitate your defense & leave us vulnerable in coverage by keeping MJ at CB.
It's odd this obsession with tackling when Jackson is a subpar tackler and the coaches were just raving about Young's tackling the other day. Jackson is a strong guy and will hit you when he can. But he's subpar in space, and that's no good.
Jackson can’t tackle in space. How is he gonna be a safety. But I trust Manny so let us see
His problem is lack of athletic ability & like you said in space.BKDee did tell us back in the Spring the staff wanted him at Safety all along.
Go rewatch that Toledo game, he was routinely beat against their WR's, he had several blown coverages one of which lead to a TD.
He doesn't have the footwork to play CB, which is why it made no sense for him to be named the starter over Young in the first place.
Tackling was the supposed reason, but Young was a better tackler than MJack last year. Go watch Young in that NC St game, vs Pitt, vs VA & vs Duke he was making good tackles all over the field & this was last year.
The kid had an INT in every **** practice & scrimmage in both Spring Ball & Fall camp.
Also, Dean should've been playing ahead of MJack as well, he's a pure cover corner, I know tackling is important, but not getting beat & making plays on the ball is far more important for a CB.
Glad Diaz isn't too stubborn to realize that there's no need to debilitate your defense & leave us vulnerable in coverage by keeping MJ at CB.
It's odd this obsession with tackling when Jackson is a subpar tackler and the coaches were just raving about Young's tackling the other day. Jackson is a strong guy and will hit you when he can. But he's subpar in space, and that's no good.
If he's confused & missing assignments, it makes him even slower with his feet than he already naturally is.
With Delaney, you could tell his issues were a lack of physicality & confidence, but once he started jamming guys he played a much better game, night & day difference.
He won't be starter, that's how.His problem is lack of athletic ability & like you said in space.BKDee did tell us back in the Spring the staff wanted him at Safety all along.
Go rewatch that Toledo game, he was routinely beat against their WR's, he had several blown coverages one of which lead to a TD.
He doesn't have the footwork to play CB, which is why it made no sense for him to be named the starter over Young in the first place.
Tackling was the supposed reason, but Young was a better tackler than MJack last year. Go watch Young in that NC St game, vs Pitt, vs VA & vs Duke he was making good tackles all over the field & this was last year.
The kid had an INT in every **** practice & scrimmage in both Spring Ball & Fall camp.
Also, Dean should've been playing ahead of MJack as well, he's a pure cover corner, I know tackling is important, but not getting beat & making plays on the ball is far more important for a CB.
Glad Diaz isn't too stubborn to realize that there's no need to debilitate your defense & leave us vulnerable in coverage by keeping MJ at CB.
It's odd this obsession with tackling when Jackson is a subpar tackler and the coaches were just raving about Young's tackling the other day. Jackson is a strong guy and will hit you when he can. But he's subpar in space, and that's no good.
If he's confused & missing assignments, it makes him even slower with his feet than he already naturally is.
With Delaney, you could tell his issues were a lack of physicality & confidence, but once he started jamming guys he played a much better game, night & day difference.
If he's bad in space and slow to react, how is a move to safety benefiial? It's a position that demands reacting effectively, taking good angles, timing, etc. If he has none of that, how will he be any good?
Think the NBA and position-less basketball between the guys we have and the guys coming in(#18) all our back end coverage guys will be interchangeable every db with the exception of Knowles, Finley and Carter(who may end up at lb)
His problem is lack of athletic ability & like you said in space.BKDee did tell us back in the Spring the staff wanted him at Safety all along.
Go rewatch that Toledo game, he was routinely beat against their WR's, he had several blown coverages one of which lead to a TD.
He doesn't have the footwork to play CB, which is why it made no sense for him to be named the starter over Young in the first place.
Tackling was the supposed reason, but Young was a better tackler than MJack last year. Go watch Young in that NC St game, vs Pitt, vs VA & vs Duke he was making good tackles all over the field & this was last year.
The kid had an INT in every **** practice & scrimmage in both Spring Ball & Fall camp.
Also, Dean should've been playing ahead of MJack as well, he's a pure cover corner, I know tackling is important, but not getting beat & making plays on the ball is far more important for a CB.
Glad Diaz isn't too stubborn to realize that there's no need to debilitate your defense & leave us vulnerable in coverage by keeping MJ at CB.
It's odd this obsession with tackling when Jackson is a subpar tackler and the coaches were just raving about Young's tackling the other day. Jackson is a strong guy and will hit you when he can. But he's subpar in space, and that's no good.
If he's confused & missing assignments, it makes him even slower with his feet than he already naturally is.
With Delaney, you could tell his issues were a lack of physicality & confidence, but once he started jamming guys he played a much better game, night & day difference.
If he's bad in space and slow to react, how is a move to safety benefiial? It's a position that demands reacting effectively, taking good angles, timing, etc. If he has none of that, how will he be any good?
I guess the relevant question is: Is he better than Knowles?
I guess the relevant question is: Is he better than Knowles?
Knowles got hurt during the Toledo game which is why he's missed so many snaps.
This is all about increased trust in Dean and Knowles being totally unequipped athletically to play at this level.
This is all about increased trust in Dean and Knowles being totally unequipped athletically to play at this level.
i believe Knowles is hurt..they trust Knowles
How the University of Miami is so thin at Safety and RB boggles my ******* mind
Al. Golden.
He played 25 snaps at safety in base and 10 as the 6th DB in dime. He only lined up as the deep safety once (with one or two others where he rotated to the middle 3rd on a blitz). He looked better at safety than he did at corner but he definitely took a terrible angle on the 3rd and 19 run that went for 20.