Official 2011 Dallas Cowboys Off-Season Thread

[chumdawg]

Originally Posted by dirno2000

I think tight end's an easier position to fill because it's about largely physical tools. That's why undersized power forwards like Gonzales, Gates and Now Graham can excel. IMO safety is the defensive equivalent to quarterback. Either you can read an offense (defense) in a split second or you can't. But can't just stick an athlete back there and expect him to make plays. We tried and failed with Awusu Ansa.

I agree with you wholeheartedly. But that still doesn't explain why college programs aren't turning them out. Safety has been a really weak class in the draft the last couple years. It's not like we are talking about fullback, which many teams don't have a lot of need for. Every defense has a need for safeties.

[dirno2000]

Originally Posted by chumdawg

I agree with you wholeheartedly. But that still doesn't explain why college programs aren't turning them out. Safety has been a really weak class in the draft the last couple years. It's not like we are talking about fullback, which many teams don't have a lot of need for. Every defense has a need for safeties.

That's a good question, especially in light of the fact that most of the offenses in college football run passing based attacks. Could be what Alby said. On average there are a couple of really good quarterbacks that come out of college every year. Safety may not be far off from that number.

Of course this is not a perfect example since safeties don't typically regress like you see some quarterbacks do (Freeman and Sanchez come to mind). You would think there would be more dominant players.