The DBs

I'm kind of worried, kind of not.

Jones/Sylve will start, and the word is they've improved. They're certainly good athletes, I just wanna see what they can do. WVU should fling it a lot, so they'll get some work early and often. If either struggles, I'd like to see someone else get in. Tony Brown had a great Spring and Fall camp, the only thing holding him back would be his emotions. He just has to keep his cool. Eddie Jackson seems mostly healthy. According to Saban he might play.

Once EJ gets back into the thick of things, I expect him to take one of the corners. I wouldn't mind moving Cyrus to Star. I've always thought he'd fit better there than at Corner, and we need to move away from playing Safeties at Star. Don't get me wrong, it hasn't been bad. But offenses like WVU and A&M will take advantage of the WRvS matchups.


The Safeties look like this right now:

FS: Nick Perry
SS: Landon Collins
Star: Jarrick Williams
Money: Geno Smith

LC is a beast, he's probably one of the only Safeties in the country who I'd put in man vs any WR in the nation. He needs to be a playmaker for us. Perry knows the D, I imagine he'll stay in the center field role most of the game. We'll be in Dime a lot, so Geno will be on the field too and I think he can cover some WRs. Jarrick was underrated last year, he played really well at Star and I think he'll only get better this season.

I'm a bit worried about the DBs, but we'll learn a lot about them tomorrow.

Definitely. We've got speed. Tony Brown may be the only sub 4.4 guy, but LC/Marlon/Sylve all have 4.4-4.45 type speed.

Sylve faster than TB

Keep in mind, our front 7 should be able to put much more pressure on the QB this year. That alone will be a massive boon to our secondary. If we can get a consistently beefy pass rush, our secondary won't have to work nearly as hard as they did last year. (The prospect of A'shawn at NG makes me giddy .)

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Sylve faster than TB

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True.

I'm honestly not worried about a&m. SC had perhaps the stupidest defensive game plan for that kind of offense, big cushion, 3 man line with nobody who can rush. Have to jam the recivers at the line to disrupt the timing, play physical, and play tight. They gave hill nothing but easy throws all nighy. Our dbs can run with a&ms wrs easily, and we should be getting more pressure on the qb

Rise, no one is doubting him. There is no crow to eat. We just have questions. We're all cheering for him and want him to succeed. No one is saying he hasn't turned a corner, we just wanna see it. At least that is how I feel.

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We just have questions. We're all cheering for him and want him to succeed. No one is saying he hasn't turned a corner, we just wanna see it. At least that is how I feel.

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I think that's the most rational approach to take to Cyrus Jones. Maybe he really has significantly developed, and I really hope he has. However, until he actually performs in a game, there is no way to actually know if he's improved as a player at all.

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Cyrus Jones is going to force feed a lot of you some Crow pie this year

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If you're right, and I hope you are, I will happily take 2 servings