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re: Who would be the best wr to switch to cb? Seriously.

Posted on 10/24/23 at 11:17 pm to
Posted by SportTiger1
Stonewall, LA
Member since Feb 2007
28504 posts
Posted on 10/24/23 at 11:17 pm to
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Do you start any posts that aren't stupid?
I don't think it's stupid at all. We are getting low on BODIES. No one is suggesting you're going to pull a guy over from offense and he turns out to be Patrick Peterson.

But I guarantee you 80% of these WRs played DB in HS. So you're not starting from complete scratch, and you know you have big elite athletes
Posted by Scoob
Near Exxon
Member since Jun 2009
20509 posts
Posted on 10/24/23 at 11:56 pm to
What's the best scheme if we have to go worst-case scenario? Soft zone coverage, just stick your converted WR at deep safety and tell him not to let anyone behind him, and push the safeties to corner?
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
31089 posts
Posted on 10/25/23 at 7:53 am to
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I don't think it's stupid at all. We are getting low on BODIES


Do any of you even look at the roster or game participation stats?

This is our roster with people who, I think, are out in bold. I added the column for games played.

5 safeties with game experience and 4 cornerbacks with game experience. Why would we move a guy from WR to DB when we have guys on the roster who have been playing the position in practice and more than a few who have at least some gametime?

https://lsusports.net/sports/fb/roster/ https://lsusports.net/sports/fb/cumestats/season/2023/

3 Greg Brooks Jr. - Safety, 2 GP, 5-10 187 Graduate Student
6 Jordan Allen - Safety, 0 GP, 5-11 196 Redshirt Freshman
8 Major Burns - Safety, 8 GP, 6-2 193 Junior
14 Andre' Sam - Safety, 0 GP, 6-0 190 Senior
15 Sage Ryan - Safety, 8 GP, 5-11 202 Redshirt Sophomore
17 Quad Wilson - Safety, 0 GP, 5-9 160 Junior
21 Ryan Yaites - Safety, 8 GP, 6-1 203 Freshman
23 Kylin Jackson - Safety, 2 GP, 6-3 196 Freshman
25 Javien Toviano - Safety, 8 GP, 6-1 201 Freshman
28 Matthew Langlois - Safety, 0 GP, 6-0 200 Redshirt Sophomore
39 Tyson Short - Safety, 0 GP, 6-2 208 Freshman
41 Welton Spottsville - Safety, 0 GP, 6-0 222 Junior
47 Aristotle Abraham II - Safety, 0 GP, 5-11 190 Redshirt Sophomore
GP,
5 Laterrance Welch - Cornerback, 6 GP, 6-1 193 Sophomore
10 Denver Harris - Cornerback, 5 GP, 6-0 190 Sophomore
12 JK Johnson - Cornerback, 0 GP, 6-0 185 Sophomore
22 Duce Chestnut - Cornerback, 4 GP, 5-11 205 Junior
24 Zy Alexander - Cornerback, 8 GP, 6-2 188 Junior

26 Ashton Stamps - Cornerback, 6 GP, 6-0 188 Freshman
29 Jeremiah Hughes - Cornerback, 8 GP, 6-0 187 Freshman
31 Everett Garard - Cornerback, 0 GP, 5-10 184 Redshirt Sophomore
34 Ryan Robinson Jr. - Cornerback, 3 GP, 5-11 180 Freshman
38 Darian Blount - Cornerback, 0 GP, 6-3 170 Freshman

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But I guarantee you 80% of these WRs played DB in HS.


Not that this is meaningless but it is conjecture and it also doesn't take into account that a great deal of HS football is more about being able to out athlete the opponent as opposed to being technically sound or even appropriately playing or understanding a scheme. Simply playing CB in HS may not translate into doing so on the field in college, particularly the SEC, especially if you have not practiced a down.
This post was edited on 10/25/23 at 8:01 am
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