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I've always thought Budda was more suited to offense than defense, honestly. Playing him at S doesn't make a ton of sense from my perspective.
He's a natural with the ball in his hands. He's basically DAT. He's small-ish and he's not super physical. Could he become bigger over time? Sure, to an extent... but is he ever going to be Earl Thomas?
Playing DAT at safety would make no sense.
Returns, all purpose offensive player... that's where I think it makes sense for him to be. The benefit of him playing in the secondary for us is that he's smart and has fantastic football instincts. He didn't play perfect last fall (he was a true frosh starting, etc.), but his effort and football IQ showed up. -
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I think Budda plays pretty damn physical for his size. With experience he'll be able to read plays and be in a better position to smack people. Overall, I'd rather have a potential leader and star player anchoring the pass defense in this league, when we have some guys on offense that are at least serviceable at the positions he would be playing.
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@haie - my thing with Budda is that I think he's a high quality player on defense, but a star on offense. I just think he's a difference maker like DAT.
Sure, he plays physical for his size, but he got beasted last year a lot and he'll never be able to change that unless he's totally different physically by next year.
I'm usually a DJ, "put everyone good on defense" guy. I just think Budda is special with the ball (it's not a surprise that's where Oregon wanted to put him).
I think our offense with Budda and John Ross could be Oregon-esque.
I don't say he should be on O lightly. I think pretty much everyone should start on D. He's just a difference maker like DAT (imho).
Don't forget our offense was HORRIBLE last year. I know a lot of that was John Denver, but outside of John Ross and Shaq, we didn't have one guy that could make things happen.
DWawrsh can run to daylight, but that's it. No one else did shit. -
It's relatively easy to find a 5-10 176 lbs kid with quicks and speed to be an APB / slot guy but it's hard to find a 5-10 176 lbs FS who has speed and agility but possesses great ball skills and a willingness to thump ball carriers. IIRC, his vertical is also outstanding so he has the hops (probably close to Nate Rob's) to go up and get balls in front of taller WRs.
Besides, Petersen has already recruited a few APB / slot guys:
gohuskies.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209396405&DB_OEM_ID=30200
gohuskies.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209874713&DB_OEM_ID=30200 -
The question is, is Budda just an average 5-10 175 kid or is he DAT-like?HFNY said:It's relatively easy to find a 5-10 176 lbs kid with quicks and speed to be an APB / slot guy but it's hard to find a 5-10 176 lbs FS who has speed and agility but possesses great ball skills and a willingness to thump ball carriers. IIRC, his vertical is also outstanding so he has the hops (probably close to Nate Rob's) to go up and get balls in front of taller WRs.
Besides, Petersen has already recruited a few APB / slot guys:
gohuskies.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209396405&DB_OEM_ID=30200
gohuskies.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209874713&DB_OEM_ID=30200
If he's an average quick kid, he should be on D. If he's DAT like, he should be on O. -
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He may not be quite DAT but he'b be awesome in the slot. And, yes, that's where Oregon wanted him. Would be ironic if that's where he ended up playing. He's too damn small for safety. Gonna end up hurt if he stays there.
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Put Budda where Oregon would have put him, nothing else matters.
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