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Defense

Posted:
Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:33 pm
by bigdaddy08091
What do you say about this?
Play Emmanuel Sanders at one corner, Brian McCann at the other. Move Jon Jon to safety, where he should have been all along (cover safety, I get confused depending on the defensive scheme). Hud will be okay to play, and rotate #22 at corner , forget his name, to give Emmanuel an occassional rest. The freshman need to stay on the bench. They do not know where they are suppose to be along with not being able to tackle consistently.

Posted:
Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:41 pm
by southerncomfort
Hudman will most definitely NOT be okay to play for some time.
#22 would be Brandon Jones.
Word is they moved La'cori Johnson and Tim Crosby to safety - this worries me...

Posted:
Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:49 pm
by HorsePower
McCann is playing free safety, from what I hear.
With his speed and instincts, I have a sneaking suspicion he just might be really good at it.
Let's hope.

Posted:
Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:24 pm
by perunapower
HorsePower wrote:McCann is playing free safety, from what I hear.
With his speed and instincts, I have a sneaking suspicion he just might be really good at it.
Let's hope.
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Well let's hope he's good at it. He certainly wasn't all that good at CB playing 10 yards off the receiver.

Posted:
Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:30 pm
by HorsePower
McCann is the last player I'm worried about. We saw last year a glimpse of the player he can be. Things are all weird this year  for any number of reasons  but McCann is a speciall athlete who will go down as one of the better DBs we've had in a long, long time.

Posted:
Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:35 pm
by perunapower
HorsePower wrote:McCann is the last player I'm worried about. We saw last year a glimpse of the player he can be. Things are all weird this year  for any number of reasons  but McCann is a speciall athlete who will go down as one of the better DBs we've had in a long, long time.
Oh definitely, but glimpses of greatness aren't enough. Good players have talent, great players consistently utilize that talent. I'd go as far as to say that McCann it trying to do too much (I think he's trying to cover the middle with the safeties and cover his man on the side,which is impossible to do with any great success).

Posted:
Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:00 pm
by HorsePower
Couldn't agree with you more. I do think McCann is trying to do too much. Once he settles into his own routine, he'll be fine.

Posted:
Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:13 am
by Cadillac
perunapower wrote:Well let's hope he's good at it. He certainly wasn't all that good at CB playing 10 yards off the receiver.
That right there was coached. Bennett's philosophy was to keep the ball in front of the CB on the sidelines, forcing the offense to make long throws for short yardage.
Didn't seem to play out like that though.
-CoS

Posted:
Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:09 am
by EastStang
Are you nuts? Sanders is the best quality receiver that we have. Why have him separate a shoulder trying to tackle a back?

Posted:
Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:46 am
by jimhagle
They seem to have scrambled since Rock Dennis went down-think about that for a minute-what pathetic depth!

Posted:
Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:02 am
by mr. pony
Kudos to McCann for chasing down Forte from behind with the game tied in the fourth quarter. Nice job.

Posted:
Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:29 am
by davidsmu94
Agreed, there was no quit in Mr McCann

Posted:
Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:00 am
by Stallion
McCann hasn't proven that he should be considered one of the best CBs of all time. Don't give these guys false praise until they earn it-it disrespects those that have earned he rigtht to be called the best. I have a feeling you've haven't seen many SMU games

Posted:
Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:14 am
by PhirePhilBennett
Stallion wrote:McCann hasn't proven that he should be considered one of the best CBs of all time. Don't give these guys false praise until they earn it-it disrespects those that have earned he rigtht to be called the best. I have a feeling you've haven't seen many SMU games
How many yards did McCann get burned for against NTSU?

Posted:
Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:15 am
by PhirePhilBennett
HorsePower wrote:McCann is the last player I'm worried about. We saw last year a glimpse of the player he can be. Things are all weird this year  for any number of reasons  but McCann is a speciall athlete who will go down as one of the better DBs we've had in a long, long time.
Are you sure? I think 3-4 have hung around the NFL in the pre-Bennett era...is McCann at 5'8" going to do that?