redrum52
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Evaluate the Preseason
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BloodRaven
MVP
Man it was hard watching Elam play like shit, especially with James ihedigbo kicking ass for the Lions.
redrum52
Hall of Famer
I don't get it because he showed promise his first season.
I think we're basically saying the same thing. I say depending on the coverage we run and the people next to him and the player he has to face, he should hold his own in coverage and have more opportunities to shine. Tyler Boyd, for example, is a pretty good matchup. I'm not saying I want him here, I'd fear the Correa effect, but it would make some sense.
Lol, I'm basically saying it's much easier to find a good strong safety than a good boundary corner
No free safety is another story.
Sledge Hammer
Pro Bowler
Well you are wrong. I'm not the one kicks and screams when somebody has a different opinion on a player I want to succeed. It's football so what. I didn't watch a single complete game last yr Til the Super Bowl. Victim complex?? Totally the opposite!! I'm as far capitalist as you will ever find. And as far as see the tape wrong. I'm not the one looking at it so biasedly reaching for reasons to like his tape and believe he will be a pro bowl caliber cornerback. If he is fine. But I judge players a little differently than most. Not saying I can't be wrong. But when I am sure about a player I'm usually right. Now I don't know the outlook for every player of course. If I claimed I did then I traveled pretty far down know it all avenue. And I'm not afraid to be wrong. After all it is opinion. Sometimes I don't feel like arguing. Or else I woulda slammed that loser Correa far worse than I actually did. And Humph I would be slamming him a little more.
My opinion on Humph he can be a good functional cornerback with proper system and help. But my prob with him is far from the best player we coulda picked. And I think missing out on Ramsey and Alabama influenced the pick a little. As a safety his floor is Antrel Rolle. His ceiling is hard to say. Don't wanna say Ronnie Lott. But close. The verdict is a bigger more physical and explosive Antrel Rolle.[/QUOTE]
BloodRaven
MVP
Same here, Im glad to be wrong about Mosley although my issue was always his durability. If its not obvious Im a stickler for durability.
Sooky
Pro Bowler
Why change where Humphrey plays? He looked fantastic as a cornerback. The team already has two top safeties and he hasn't showed any bad traits so far in a game as far as his coverage ability. I mean it is a back up plan to possibly move him but the idea of having two towers that are shutdown with him and J. Smith gets me so excited for the season.
JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
I think it's because a lot of people hyped him as a potential SS, and that notion has some legs, he shows amazing SS traits, but as many have pointed out his absolute best trait is how well he uses the sideline, so while he could be a very exciting SS his ceiling is a shutdown boundary corner.
You rarely see corners with his aggression and physicality, he's a bully, like a freak athlete version of talib, and he is scheme versatile showing great press ability along with incredible recognition and awareness to come downhill to break up plays when he's playing off or zone, that downhill style is another safety trait, but safeties have to play more horizontal, and Humphrey is prone to slip ups and the less you expose him to that the better he should be, and safeties don't get to jam dudes into the bleachers. He shows great safety traits but with some refinement he has top 5 cb ability
If you say it's great to have a SS that can cover WR, wouldn't be even more amazing to have a shutdown CB that can also fill the alley and distribute hard hits like the best SS?
I don't think anyone in the league has that.
I don't think anyone in the league has that.
JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
Charles Woodson comes to mind.
I think his floor is Antoine Winfield and his ceiling is Charles Woodson, but I think he'all finish somewhere in the middle to become a more versatile and athletic aqib talib
More violent especially. I know Talib is pretty agressive himself but I don't think he can make tackles quite like Humph can.