I'm not suggesting he's gonna be hurt by it.

I'm just saying that in an ideal world, he's not perfect for a pressure defense.

All good points. It sucks that none of our safeties are fast enough for it. I couldn't find Morgan's 40, but he wasn't projected as a fs either.

soft zone with young DBs will give em a chance to get there head turned, less chance of BS calls.

Absolutely.

I'm just saying that my ideal scenario would be that we don't have to compensate inside the scheme. But we're going to be doing it for a while so we might as well get used to it. They're going to be turning over personnel on defense for a couple of years if they're intent on going pure 3-4.

This!

Safties are the key. we will have to see what the new staff can do with page and pollard. i got the feeling that there was alot of confusion on the field when it came to safety play either do to flat out poor player performance, poor coaching or a combination of both.
To be honest i feel that Gunther had alot to do with ****in up our young players the past couple years.

edit- you can get away with alot at the line with good safety play.

FWIW he ran a 4.52 at the combine.

I know Pollard takes alot of heat here, but I've watched both of them intently and I can say without a doubt that Page is a HUGE problem. Many of the plays attributed to Pollard were actually Pollard trying to cover for the fact that Page was ANYWHERE NEAR where he was supposed to be.

For somebody who is supposed to be a zone cover FS, Page just isn't very smart. Combine that with his lack of high-end physical skills and you end up with a disaster waiting to happen.

That's fast enough, IF the guy has good instincts and recognition skills.

I'd be more interested to know how he did in the drills that demonstrate the ability to change directions and close gaps quickly.

I found combine results for that year but for some reason he wasn't on it. All I remember was that he performed well enough to make most believe he was a possible 1st. I read one report that said he would eventually be better than Kenny Phillips. I can't imagine they would have written that if he didn't stand out or at least have good times.

The nice thing about DaJuan Morgan is that he has the physical ability to play either safety spot. He's fast enough, and has a lot of natural explosion.

when is he projected to go?

lol he's on our team

why doesnt he play then?