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I'd rather have Martin with our #62 than use a 1st or mid-second for Barron or Smith.
I'd rather have Martin with our #62 than use a 1st or mid-second for Barron or Smith.
You take Mark Barron every day - huge gap between him and the rest. But if, as likely, he's not available to us, my second vote would go to Alfonso Dennard. Might not be good enough as a boundary corner, but I love his feistiness, is perfectly good enough to play coverage in the safety slot and is a good tackler and at #48 is really good value. I like Harrison Smith but there's not enough there to justify the high second round position he'll likely go - just doesn't impact plays enough and is too soft a tackler.
Stay away from Markelle Martin - there's a reason he's got a third round grade, he's not good enough. fine as a double dip, but not our number one safety taken in the draft.
Exit question - If Kirkpatrick falls into the 20's, do you trade up for him. Could be a quality FS in the NFL.
Everytime you guys differentiate between free and strong safeties, it's like a giant neon sign that says "I don't know what I'm talking about"
Call them what you want, but the less often Chung is back in deep coverage, the better. And the best way to make him play deep coverage less often is to get somebody on the roster who's better at it than he is. Basically, I want the "right safety" to be exactly what people think of when they think of a "free safety." Both safeties need to be able to do basically everything, but the coaches are smart enough to put them in positions to succeed, and I'd really like to see a guy who can succeed in deep coverage.
Which is why I don't get your Barron dislike. Because of his instincts, he excels in that deep safety role (with the added ability to knock people out of their shoes when he hits them).
Well another big part of that role is the ability to turn and run with a WR when he gets deep. That's where my biggest concern is.