Harry
ASFN Consultant and Senior Writer
Thanks for the concern. While I am in an endangered group (tight end size for my era); I’m safe. I’ve gotten a couple of concerned emails from back when that email info was public. I thought I’d better comment.
I also did get a note from a guy who writes at The Athletic who asked about my earlier post that covered the likely demise of college football or at least force spring football. I think that was one of the threads that disappeared. It was back in Feb/March and he wanted to know my source. I don’t give out those. I guess they got it much later.
Beyond that the CB issue is a disaster. Especially because I think it’s a marginal draft pool for 2021. Most of the recent quality studies indicate the secondary is more important than the pass rush in controlling the passing game. Seattle certainly believes that. I wouldn’t shift Murphy again. He was overmatched but might be decent in slot coverage. I think Simmons can solve the TE problem.
I’m hoping a camp cut might help. The recent signing of Crawley is unlikely to do so. That this is still a problem is disappointing. It’s always seemed to me that players with a bad injury history usually repeat that more often than fully recover. Especially at hard-to-replace positions (T & CB) more depth would have seemed indicated. They may get by at RT, but I think there will be a price to pay at CB. The West is a passing group. You just can’t hide that hole.
I also did get a note from a guy who writes at The Athletic who asked about my earlier post that covered the likely demise of college football or at least force spring football. I think that was one of the threads that disappeared. It was back in Feb/March and he wanted to know my source. I don’t give out those. I guess they got it much later.
Beyond that the CB issue is a disaster. Especially because I think it’s a marginal draft pool for 2021. Most of the recent quality studies indicate the secondary is more important than the pass rush in controlling the passing game. Seattle certainly believes that. I wouldn’t shift Murphy again. He was overmatched but might be decent in slot coverage. I think Simmons can solve the TE problem.
I’m hoping a camp cut might help. The recent signing of Crawley is unlikely to do so. That this is still a problem is disappointing. It’s always seemed to me that players with a bad injury history usually repeat that more often than fully recover. Especially at hard-to-replace positions (T & CB) more depth would have seemed indicated. They may get by at RT, but I think there will be a price to pay at CB. The West is a passing group. You just can’t hide that hole.
