- Joined
- Sep 9, 2008
- Messages
- 32,634
- Reaction score
- 23,169
Jeff How reports that Devin McCourty is preparaing with the expectation that he will see time at both CB and FS in 2012:
Devin McCourty preparing at pair of positions - BostonHerald.com
I wouldn't be surprised to see any of the CBs play FS, or to see Tavon Wilson or Steve Gregory spend some time at CB.
I certainly got the impression due to DMcC's comments saying that "like coach says, 'we're not playing tomorrow so we don't have to make that decision right now.' "
To me that says that it's certainly more of a possibility than a lot of the posters here are expecting, as the majority of the posts I have seen suggest that McCourty will be back to a pure CB position. I don't believe that myself, at least not if the safety position is struggling at any point during the season.
Like you pointed out, the main key to the improvement of the secondary is the depth and versatility that we now have. The ability to have players play both CB/S is just awesome in my opinion. If/when injuries occur, or someone isn't getting the job done, we can make a much more effective change now.
This secondary will be improved this yr, and I think it will be all the way to middle of the pack. We'll likely still see the late game garbage yrs on some level, but not to the eye opening extent of last yr where all the mediots are constantly harping about it.