Bomber Safety, SAM & MLB

[Blue In BC]

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.

[Jesse]

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.

[Blue In BC]

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.

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.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

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.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

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 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.

[Blue In BC]

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.

I think the idea was that they wanted Griffin on the field more and SAM was the best spot for him. I'd say he is the best of the 3 players. Smith has come on and may be the future there.

The issue is that the Canadians have to play where they are best suited. As I suggested Kramdi at safety is not where he's best suited. Moving him back to SAM has a domino effect with Smith and Griffin.

I suggested or questioned whether Smith might be an option at MLB but the same goes for Griffin. He's the stockiest of the two and has more experience. Fast / quick and can make plays.

It's kind of a 3 headed question in that if Smith goes back to SAM then Kramdi is stuck where he's not as effective.

I would be against Jones back to MLB since he's not as effective in coverage ( ala Bighill ). A better MLB would make him more effective at WIL IMO.

What the best option is an interesting conversation and even I'm not sure how I'd like it to work out.

I think I started the question in my mind knowing that I'm not happy overall with what we get out of the position at safety and what other choices we really have going forward.