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Who is our safety (DB (qb) next year?
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:25 pm
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:25 pm
Ricky Jefferson? John Battle? Tommy Lebau? Or Lionel Williams? Just curious who is the current consensus Db (smart (S) defense qb) that is going to be leading the back field.. While beckwith and adams running the middle and edges...... But who will be the leader in the deep passing attack? Because adams and beckwith will have their eyes forward most of the time..
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Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:25 pm to dustytiger123
Eric Monroe
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:26 pm to dustytiger123
Ricky Jefferson is a damn fine football player and will start. IMHO, of course.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:26 pm to dustytiger123
Leighton Levigne
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:27 pm to dustytiger123
Adams, Jefferson, and Battle will be the top 3.
Eric Monroe will be in the rotation as well.
Eric Monroe will be in the rotation as well.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:27 pm to Hot Carl
He wasn't all that special last season...
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:28 pm to hg
Who is he?
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:31 pm to hg
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He wasn't all that special last season...
Neither was Adams and I Expected him to be an All American. I'm gonna chalk it up to Steele. But no way a Senior who has played as much as Jefferson has, is gonna get passed up by a true freshman at that position. Not yet.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:32 pm to dustytiger123
Jefferson played well in the first half of the season but struggled some late. Maybe he had an undisclosed injury, maybe teams recognized a weakness in his game and exploited it, don't know really but he'll learn and get better. I hope he make a jump like Brandon Taylor did.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:33 pm to dustytiger123
JACK HUNT
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:33 pm to dustytiger123
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But who will be the leader in the deep passing attack?
I think it'll be John Battle and Adams at safety with Adams being that in the box type of player. Which he should be because he's great at it. He's a playmaker and needs to be on the ball. Making him drop deep into coverage takes away his best attributes. Battle is long and rangy and has shown that he can drop into coverage. And will only get better. He and Adams complement each other with their skill sets and could be a very good duo back there.
Ricky Jefferson can't be that deep safety. Period. Not his game. Struggles in pass coverage to say the least.
Eric Monroe could see some PT as well. And there's always Ed Paris. Could move to safety.
This post was edited on 1/26/16 at 9:37 pm
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:36 pm to LATIGERFAN
Yeah i think ricky will be the most experienced ... did the other jumior play at all last year? Who do yall think will be second? Battle? Williams? Or Thompson? I think Thompson and Battle give Jefferson run for money
This post was edited on 1/26/16 at 9:39 pm
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:37 pm to KG5989
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Ricky Jefferson can't be that deep safety. Period. Not his game. Struggles in pass coverage to say the least.
Don't think this is true at all. While I think Rickey is also better closer to the line of scrimmage, he's not a bad cover safety by any means. He was on the field a lot early last year and got beat deep a handful of times. A lot of that was happening because the player's didn't fully understand Steele's zone scheme.
Athletically Jefferson has everything you want in a safety though. He and Adams will both see a lot of snaps.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:40 pm to tlsu15
im going to go out on a limb and say Thompson is the sleeper this year..
Posted on 1/26/16 at 9:49 pm to KG5989
It's a shame Battle will have to miss spring practice because he could have locked up that safety spot opposite Adams.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 10:08 pm to dustytiger123
Your parentheses game needs some work.
Posted on 1/27/16 at 1:30 am to KG5989
Ricky starterd 9 games and will be a Sr
Battle had 1 tackle
You're dreaming
Battle had 1 tackle
You're dreaming
Posted on 1/27/16 at 2:02 am to dustytiger123
In terms of the leader, as you say QB, it'll be Beckwith on the field. He, White, and Adams will be the leaders for the D.
Paris should also move to safety. He won't break the starting two with White and Toliver, but he could definitely beat out Jefferson if he has a whole spring, summer, and fall to work on it. I think he'll turn out like Mills, being a huge playmaker after making the switch over after a lackluster stint at CB. Plus we need safety depth more than CB depth, especially after losing Mills and moving Voohries up to LB and taking what will probably be significantly more CBs than Safeties this recruiting class.
Paris should also move to safety. He won't break the starting two with White and Toliver, but he could definitely beat out Jefferson if he has a whole spring, summer, and fall to work on it. I think he'll turn out like Mills, being a huge playmaker after making the switch over after a lackluster stint at CB. Plus we need safety depth more than CB depth, especially after losing Mills and moving Voohries up to LB and taking what will probably be significantly more CBs than Safeties this recruiting class.
Posted on 1/27/16 at 7:25 am to tlsu15
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He was on the field a lot early last year and got beat deep a handful of times. A lot of that was happening because the player's didn't fully understand Steele's zone scheme.
Buddy, no! A "zone scheme" is pretty easy to understand. It might be that he didn't make the pre-snap reads or didn't communicate effectively, but you have to do that in any defense at that level.
Also, in the world of DBs, when in doubt, DON'T GET BEAT DEEP!
Posted on 1/27/16 at 7:44 am to dustytiger123
Your use of parentheses (curvy brackets) in this thread is bad, and you (OP) should feel bad.
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