Bernard Pollard, team leader? - Page 2

htismaqe · 06-19-2007, 07:38 AM

Did anybody else hear the interview on WHB this morning?

I was pleasantly surprised out how much he seems to have matured over the last year. He really sounds grounded and ready to go. He seems to have a really good grasp on the team concept and what it means to be a leader on the field and off.

**morphius** · 06-19-2007, 08:35 AM

I don't know, I heard an interview with him a few weeks ago, and while he did seem grounded and said all the right things, but you can't be a leader until you show it on the field as a starter. I guess I don't even think of someone as a leader anymore until they can actually show me something.

I know this is bad, but I hope we don't take him off of special teams, he was easily one of the best ST players I have seen from the Chiefs in a long time.

Chiefnj · 06-19-2007, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by KC Fish

I'm still very puzzled as to why Pollard didn't get more playing time on D last year...

Because it is a very risky move to play two rookie safeties simultaneously. Big risk, especially with a struggling offense.

Demonpenz · 06-19-2007, 08:42 AM

It will be nice to see atleast one person on the field that could stick hims helmet right into someones guts and hit them so hard their insides come out like a damn jack in the box.

Fish · 06-19-2007, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Chiefnj

Because it is a very risky move to play two rookie safeties simultaneously. Big risk, especially with a struggling offense.

They didn't have to play simultaneously... Play one at a time and leave Knight or Wesley on the field, but give them equal time.

All I can think is that Pollards coverage skills needed much more work than Page....

**morphius** · 06-19-2007, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by KC Fish

They didn't have to play simultaneously... Play one at a time and leave Knight or Wesley on the field, but give them equal time.

All I can think is that Pollards coverage skills needed much more work than Page....

Well, playing Knight could be a bit difficult at this time...

Fish · 06-19-2007, 08:59 AM

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Well, playing Knight could be a bit difficult at this time...

Could have.... as in last year....

I'm pretty confident Pollard and Page will start opening day...

bdeg · 06-19-2007, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Sanka

Who is supposed to be faster between Page and Pollard?

Pollard

pikesome · 06-19-2007, 09:12 AM

I saw an interview toward the end of last season where he was asked about being on special teams and starting. You could tell that he wasn't satisfied but was playing his position the best he could, trying to earn a starting job. He sounded like he had a real good grasp of how things worked and what he needed to do. It doesn't hurt that he looked real good more than once on ST last year.

Delano · 06-19-2007, 09:12 AM

I can't even see Pollard as a leader of the secondary, much less the team with veterans like Law and Surtain playing back there.

There is a lot of veteran leadership on the defense, especially with the additions at linebacker. I thought I read an interview with Nap a while back in which he proclaimed he would be a team leader.

The nice thing about this type of interview is we can get a sense that the players really care and the apathy shown on Vermeil's defense has been flushed away.

unothadeal · 06-19-2007, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by morphius

I know this is bad, but I hope we don't take him off of special teams, he was easily one of the best ST players I have seen from the Chiefs in a long time.

I don't see why we would. Anybody can play ST, starter or not, correct?

06-19-2007, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by bdeg

Pollard

I would have actually guessed Page.

Sanka · 06-19-2007, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Phobia

I would have actually guessed Page.

I would of as well. If Pollard is going to be the SS and Page the FS. Aren't the FS's suppose to be the faster safety?

FAX · 06-19-2007, 09:32 AM

Man, I wish I could hear these broadcasts. Good to know about Pollard, though. Thanks, Mr. htismaqe.

FAX

**cdcox** · 06-19-2007, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Phobia

I would have actually guessed Page.

A little bit of googling reveals that their 40 times were very similar (low 4.6 to high 4.5s). Based on 40 times I don't think you could say one was quicker than the other. Page seemed to do a little better in the short shuttle and cone drills, so he might be a little more quick with respect to cutting and start-stops.

**morphius** · 06-19-2007, 09:58 AM

In the interview a couple weeks ago Pollard was talking about how much he had learned last year from Knight, Wesley and even Page. He said of course with all the years that Knight and Wesley have been playing that he was able to pick up a lot of things from them of course, then sort of laughed and commented on the fact that Page is just a ball hawk.

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morphius World's finest morphius Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $5815027	In the interview a couple weeks ago Pollard was talking about how much he had learned last year from Knight, Wesley and even Page. He said of course with all the years that Knight and Wesley have been playing that he was able to pick up a lot of things from them of course, then sort of laughed and commented on the fact that Page is just a ball hawk.
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