So IF Turner signs with ND (not convinced he will but feels likely) what’s the play here? My hope is we don’t immediately offer anyone way down the list but wait and see who doesn’t sign and poach the hell out of somebody between signing periods. I would punt on the position and take 5 guys next year. Next years class is loaded at that spot. We've been told it's Ranson and nobody else at safety next year.I don't know if this is true but what makes you say it's so stacked?I'm not real comfortable losing 5 DB's this year and only taking 3, I think we have to take at least 4 and I'd be open to 5.
So IF Turner signs with ND (not convinced he will but feels likely) what’s the play here? My hope is we don’t immediately offer anyone way down the list but wait and see who doesn’t sign and poach the hell out of somebody between signing periods. I would punt on the position and take 5 guys next year. Next years class is loaded at that spot.
So IF Turner signs with ND (not convinced he will but feels likely) what’s the play here? My hope is we don’t immediately offer anyone way down the list but wait and see who doesn’t sign and poach the hell out of somebody between signing periods.
So IF Turner signs with ND (not convinced he will but feels likely) what’s the play here? My hope is we don’t immediately offer anyone way down the list but wait and see who doesn’t sign and poach the hell out of somebody between signing periods. I would punt on the position and take 5 guys next year. Next years class is loaded at that spot. We've been told it's Ranson and nobody else at safety next year.I don't know if this is true but what makes you say it's so stacked?I'm not real comfortable losing 5 DB's this year and only taking 3, I think we have to take at least 4 and I'd be open to 5. I agree with your points but I don't want to offer someone to just offer him. Zion Alefosio, Makell Easton and JJ Greenfield are three 2020 guys on top of Ransom that can fit the bill. I obviously don't think we will have any problems filling our CB needs for the class. Then there is always guys that come on the scene late in the summer.
I'm not worried. I just don't think he would betray the UW coaches at the last minute like this. He seems too nice to do that. There's a huge difference between wavering between two great schools and programs and actually picking up the phone to tell the UW coaches you're signing with Notre Dame. If he's too nice of a kid to do that then this recruitment has been over since he committed to UW. At some point today I would bet he gets fed up with the stress and the pressure of the situation he's in and just says "I'm over this, I'm just gonna stick with UW and be done with this shit." Worst case scenario I think is he and his parents decide he needs more time to make a final decision so he won't sign early. If that happens UW still has an advantage with him playing in the Poly bowl with a million UW commits there with him making him feel wanted at the player level and peer recruiting the shit out of him.
I’m going to throw something else out that will ruffle some feathers on here, it shouldn’t, but it will for some reason...Turner is not a “DB” & is not a Safety in the way people on here think. I don’t like to discuss player evaluation & X&O’s because people get really upset, but I will in this case.He already has the frame of an OLB at the collegiate level. He has a better chance of playing drop end in college than Safety. No way on earth is he playing Safety in the NFL.Every, I mean every, scout who has reviewed him, has said what I just said. Lake is telling him Safety & touting DBs in the NFL because it is a recruiting tactic. UW will use him as the crashing Safety in their 4-2-5 the exact way ND uses a Rover in their D. Every player at ND who has played Rover is a former HS Safety.Kid is 6’4 & over 220 already. He isn’t playing “DB” at the next level. With his frame he will end up 235-240.
I’m going to throw something else out that will ruffle some feathers on here, it shouldn’t, but it will for some reason...Turner is not a “DB” & is not a Safety in the way people on here think. I don’t like to discuss player evaluation & X&O’s because people get really upset, but I will in this case.He already has the frame of an OLB at the collegiate level. He has a better chance of playing drop end in college than Safety. No way on earth is he playing Safety in the NFL.Every, I mean every, scout who has reviewed him, has said what I just said. Lake is telling him Safety & touting DBs in the NFL because it is a recruiting tactic. UW will use him as the crashing Safety in their 4-2-5 the exact way ND uses a Rover in their D. Every player at ND who has played Rover is a former HS Safety.Kid is 6’4 & over 220 already. He isn’t playing “DB” at the next level. With his frame he will end up 235-240. Reminds me a lot of Earl Thomas, tbh
I’m going to throw something else out that will ruffle some feathers on here, it shouldn’t, but it will for some reason...Turner is not a “DB” & is not a Safety in the way people on here think. I don’t like to discuss player evaluation & X&O’s because people get really upset, but I will in this case.He already has the frame of an OLB at the collegiate level. He has a better chance of playing drop end in college than Safety. No way on earth is he playing Safety in the NFL.Every, I mean every, scout who has reviewed him, has said what I just said. Lake is telling him Safety & touting DBs in the NFL because it is a recruiting tactic. UW will use him as the crashing Safety in their 4-2-5 the exact way ND uses a Rover in their D. Every player at ND who has played Rover is a former HS Safety.Kid is 6’4 & over 220 already. He isn’t playing “DB” at the next level. With his frame he will end up 235-240. Reminds me a lot of Earl Thomas, tbh Earl Thomas had speed, explosion & ball skills unlike most players I have ever seen.Turner is nowhere that level. Very few players ever have been.
I’m going to throw something else out that will ruffle some feathers on here, it shouldn’t, but it will for some reason...Turner is not a “DB” & is not a Safety in the way people on here think. I don’t like to discuss player evaluation & X&O’s because people get really upset, but I will in this case.He already has the frame of an OLB at the collegiate level. He has a better chance of playing drop end in college than Safety. No way on earth is he playing Safety in the NFL.Every, I mean every, scout who has reviewed him, has said what I just said. Lake is telling him Safety & touting DBs in the NFL because it is a recruiting tactic. UW will use him as the crashing Safety in their 4-2-5 the exact way ND uses a Rover in their D. Every player at ND who has played Rover is a former HS Safety.Kid is 6’4 & over 220 already. He isn’t playing “DB” at the next level. With his frame he will end up 235-240. Who plays this role in current UW defense? Where is UW hiding all these safeties that are actually LBs?
I’m going to throw something else out that will ruffle some feathers on here, it shouldn’t, but it will for some reason...Turner is not a “DB” & is not a Safety in the way people on here think. I don’t like to discuss player evaluation & X&O’s because people get really upset, but I will in this case.He already has the frame of an OLB at the collegiate level. He has a better chance of playing drop end in college than Safety. No way on earth is he playing Safety in the NFL.Every, I mean every, scout who has reviewed him, has said what I just said. Lake is telling him Safety & touting DBs in the NFL because it is a recruiting tactic. UW will use him as the crashing Safety in their 4-2-5 the exact way ND uses a Rover in their D. Every player at ND who has played Rover is a former HS Safety.Kid is 6’4 & over 220 already. He isn’t playing “DB” at the next level. With his frame he will end up 235-240. Reminds me a lot of Earl Thomas, tbh Earl Thomas had speed, explosion & ball skills unlike most players I have ever seen.Turner is nowhere that level. Very few players ever have been. Barry Sanders clone?
You can be a bigger safety like Kam Chancellor ... but your point about size is a fair oneThat being said, what does Defensive football look like in 5 years as athletic TEs become more and more the norm?Hybrid DBs/LBs likely become more of a norm
It's only a matter of time before power running makes a comeback due to defense slimming down to defend the spread. Seeing it in the NFL some alreadyFor all the talk about what a great passer Tua is Bama still wants to run the ball. And Clemson still relies on Etiane when the going gets toughYou have to run and you have to stop the run to win football games = Captain Obvious here
