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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Neither Harrison nor Sanders can play free safety.
I expect and hope to see Wilson and Harrison.
Yeah. I'm not sure why we wouldn't want our Super Bowl combo back there. In 2008, it will likely be Meriweather and Sanders.
Safety blitzes are nice and all, but I'm not basing my starting personnel group on a situation that happens maybe 3 times a game.
I'm with you - for a short time. But Wilson hasn't made a play of note (other than chasing guys from behind) for several years now - as he's a UFA in 7 months, and has his sugar Daddy Harrison back, I expect a big year from him - but I wouldn't hesitate to pull the plug and put Meriweather in if we're getting more of the same from the Safety formerly known as Geno.I expect and hope to see Wilson and Harrison.
I don't think he'll do it for that reason but Harrison has great blitz insticts, he'll get the sacks if healthy - especially as he can blitz and Thomas can drop back into coverage more realistically than our LB last year.I was wondering about this for last year and now this year. Do you think Belichick will call some safety blitzes in an attempt to get Rodney into the 30, 30 (sack, int) club? He only needs 1.5 more. It seems like something that he might do, along the lines of the Testaverde TD and Flutie drop kick.
everlong has a good point. I wouldn't be surprised if they pull Harrison every so often to substitute Sanders both to keep Harrison healthy and to keep Sanders sharp. Sanders is good enough that the drop off isn't as much as people think.
Meriweather will get his game reps as nickle back. There's no reason to have him sub for Wilson unless he flat out beats him for the position, in which case he'll start. That might happen toward the end of the season, but I doubt it, Wilson has been a pretty good FS and he's in his contract year. Plus, there's enough experienced depth at FS that Meriweather might not be first off the bench in a close game where a savvy QB might pick on a rookie safety. If Asante is at corner, Chad Scott might play FS if Wilson got hurt.
For all the whining I've heard in the media about weakness in the secondary, it's a pretty deep roster. I'm still a lot more worried about depth at RB.
You're thinking corner. If Asante holds out, Thomas starts opposite Hobbs. And everyone thinks the F.O. doesn't plan ahead.I thought the Pats signed Adalius Thomas as the future FS? This is just getting too confusing.
That's what they say, and if it's true, remember that "get rich to this" is a saying that has nothing to do with money. It's the kind of thing you'd say to a receiver when he faces you again after a bone-jarring hit.Speaking of samuel...is it true that the tattoo actually says "get rich to this" or something like that...not "get paid"
Neither Harrison nor Sanders can play free safety.
I expect and hope to see Wilson and Harrison.
For me its Sanders and Harrison...I was watching a bunch of the 2006 season and playoffs off my TiVo and it seemed that everytime sanders lined up to blitz he hit his target
please dont hold this lack of knowledge against me............what the difference between free and strong safety.......is it that one serves more pass defense and one is more for run defense??
Others may be able to say it better than I can, but your guess isn't far off--the strong safety covers the "strong" side of the field (the side with more offensive players), while the free safety tends to be further back and is "free" to go to whichever side the play ends up going toward. Thus, of the two, the strong safety tends to be more involved in run plays, and the free safety more involved in pass plays.