Something I'll be watching to see how all this transitions going into TC 2027.
At the moment we're thinking that Smith is our best choice at SAM. The forces Kramdi to safety.
My thought is that our position at safety was not the best we could do. In that sense I feel Kramdi is better at SAM than at safety.
What I'm wondering is whether Smith could be a strong candidate to move to MLB and let Kramdi return to SAM? Alternatively Griffin at SAM with Kramdi as the passing down 6th DB? Kramdi is too expensive to not be an every down player and he's a captain of sorts of defence.
Our ratio will probably allow an import at safety if we want. Kelly may leave in free agency.
So what's the best combination of choices? Obviously lots of unknown issues including Kelly and Griffin as potential free agents.
Smith is the same height as Bighill and about 13 lbs lighter. He's 3" shorter than Wilson and 12 lbs heavier. Smith also seems quite quick and a big hitter.
I'm just throwing that out as a series of questions with no current clear path.
I still think we would have seen Cam Allen at safety this year if he had been healthy, so maybe he comes back in next year. Then we can have Kramdi and Smith at LB.
Quote from: Jesse on Today at 05:28:26 PMI still think we would have seen Cam Allen at safety this year if he had been healthy, so maybe he comes back in next year. Then we can have Kramdi and Smith at LB.
I never thought that was the plan from the moment they decided to move Kramdi, before TC started. Whether they bring Allen back might depend on what his injury was and where he'll be in his rehab.
I'm hoping we get a new defensive coordinator that can come reset things. JY has really made a mess of some of some of the positions and it makes it hard to evaluate especially because there's so much personnel movement through the different down and distances. At first glance it looks like 'wow what an intricate system' but in practice it's more a hinderance and causes way too much thinking and not enough playing fast and simple. Kramdi is a below average safety. He's not the best strong side linebacker either. If the unit was more structured and attacked and played a quicker game he wouldn't need to tell everyone where to go all the time which is apparently what he's good at, yes?
Over at MLB and the WLB, Tony Jones has been up and down and Wilson has been mostly terrible. They would both probably look better in a system that didn't suck so much but the truth is neither are super valuable either. I'd keep Tony and get rid of Wilson regardless of what we do.
Quote from: Blue In BC on Today at 04:38:15 PMSomething I'll be watching to see how all this transitions going into TC 2027.
At the moment we're thinking that Smith is our best choice at SAM. The forces Kramdi to safety.
My thought is that our position at safety was not the best we could do. In that sense I feel Kramdi is better at SAM than at safety.
What I'm wondering is whether Smith could be a strong candidate to move to MLB and let Kramdi return to SAM? Alternatively Griffin at SAM with Kramdi as the passing down 6th DB? Kramdi is too expensive to not be an every down player and he's a captain of sorts of defence.
Our ratio will probably allow an import at safety if we want. Kelly may leave in free agency.
So what's the best combination of choices? Obviously lots of unknown issues including Kelly and Griffin as potential free agents.
Smith is the same height as Bighill and about 13 lbs lighter. He's 3" shorter than Wilson and 12 lbs heavier. Smith also seems quite quick and a big hitter.
I'm just throwing that out as a series of questions with no current clear path.
I still think Griffin is the best SAM, but doesn't matter a whole lot if they switch him or Smith to WIL and put Tony Jones back in at MLB with instruction to bulk up, not down.
Kramdi is out of the picture at 190 lbs. he doesn't qualify as a full time LB and sneaky stealth tackles "using leverage" don't always work. Kramdi also doesn't work at deep Safety where he lacks the speed and coverage skills to keep up with receivers going deep. Kelly may not be the best Safety but he is still advancing and until the ratio allows, I don't expect them to change him out.