Our situation at Safety

[JBURGE25]

[HokieHigh]

Why is Ed Reed not getting any love here?

[spilltray]

[JBURGE25]

[Ketchup]

[Madtown]

Reed is a guy I'd love to have if we had a speed demon at the other safety position. Unfortunately, that's what I feel we're lacking.

[palmy50]

[jmoney]

I think that Huff would be a very good signing for this team. He's not an amazing safety, but I think his strengths fit well with what the team needs right now. Plus, it would allow TT to go into the draft feeling pretty good about the secondary.

[pacnwpackfan]

Safety is one of the top positions we need to address in FA; I think it is up there with ILB, considering the injury and talent concerns going into the year.

The loss of Collins obviously was a big one and the team hasn't recovered from that. Burnett is an average NFL safety and he is the best we have. None of the other guys give me any belief that they can be consistently good starters that both have the physicality and coverage skills we need.

In this draft, I like Elam alot. I also like Phillip Thomas and Shawn Williams in the late 2nd Round as they appear to be guys that can hit, blitz, and cover. Don't know much about Cyprien, but in the highlights I've seen he certainly looks the part, so he'd be an option around there, too.

[NCPackFan]

[pmikep]

Palmy, what is your take of Phillip Thomas in Packer D ?

[PossibleCabbage]

I really don't get this "move House to Safety" talk. Look back at how House played in camp last year before injuring his shoulder in the preseason: he was probably the best outside CB on the team.

It's not 100% guaranteed that he will regain that form, but his 2012 play (in TC) was a revelation compared to his 2011 play. Let's see if the guy can actually play cornerback before we start moving him to another position, and honestly if a guy's really only been held back by injuries "playing safety" may not be the best career choice for him.

[bigKev2011]

[pacnwpackfan]

[quote="NCPackFan"][quote="pacnwpackfan"]Safety is one of the top positions we need to address in FA; I think it is up there with ILB, considering the injury and talent concerns going into the year.

The loss of Collins obviously was a big one and the team hasn't recovered from that. Burnett is an average NFL safety and he is the best we have. None of the other guys give me any belief that they can be consistently good starters that both have the physicality and coverage skills we need.

In this draft, I like Elam alot. [b] I also like Phillip Thomas and Shawn Williams in the late 2nd Round as they appear to be guys that can hit, blitz, and cover. Don't know much about Cyprien, but in the highlights I've seen he certainly looks the part, so he'd be an option around there, too.[/b][/quote]


Shawn Williams is the only guy we should even be thinking about out of those three. Phillip Thomas is way too slow to play in the league and Cyprien is going to get more flags thrown at him than Jarrett Bush.

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I'm not sure you can project penalties when you talk about Cyprien. That is coaching and if the guy has premium talent you can coach out the head hunting, etc.. Anyway, with today's NFL almost every db is going to have to adjust that you can barely breath on a receiver.

As far as Phillip Thomas, his 40-time at a low 4.6 is about the same as Vacarro's and the rest of his performance was pretty good (bench press could have been better). It is one of those things that they need to look at the film, pro day, and combine. Be interesting how his pro day works out later this week.

I do agree that Shamarko looks like a great athlete, but his height is a concern as you say. As I recall Bob Sanders was short, too, but what a player he was when he was healthy.

[BrettFavre004]

Tony Jefferson, Reid, Huff or bust.
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