I am really enjoying watching what ARI is doing with their Safeties. I want to know whom to get going forward.
Tony Jefferson was faded out of this last weekend. It looks like a foregone conclusion that he will be the first one out.
Rashad Johnson has been very consistent and playing a very solid game and 100% of the snaps. A playmaker who is also lining up close to the line of scrimmage on many occasions. He tackles pretty well and is not going anywhere. My gut tells me that he will be officially the SS.
Honey Badger Mathieu is finally starting to feel healthy and this past week he out-snapped Jefferson 50-15. He will play 100% by the next 2 weeks and probably be the FS. He needs to given space and do what he does. He is always around the ball and is the ultimate playmaker. He becomes a must add.
The outlier, yet most intriguing, is Deonne Buchannan. As a 2014 First rounder, the club obviously has high hopes for him. My take is that they wanted to put him at SS immediately to start the season and have him and Mathieu man the Safety positions, they did not expect Rashad Johnson (and Jefferson for that matter) play so well. He also played 50 snaps of 65 against WASH this past weekend, most of them as an LB in nickel and most base packages. He missed some assignments but is a missile who hits hard and has great anticipation. I don't think he can supplant Johnson though at SS just yet, especially with Rashad playing so well. Or will we?
Will they be playing Buchannon more at LB and some nickel S? Don't know what their intentions are but he will certainly be a stud for many years to come. He can really play. Do any of you ARIZ homers have any info on what the future holds for us in regards to these players?
Tony Jefferson was faded out of this last weekend. It looks like a foregone conclusion that he will be the first one out.
Rashad Johnson has been very consistent and playing a very solid game and 100% of the snaps. A playmaker who is also lining up close to the line of scrimmage on many occasions. He tackles pretty well and is not going anywhere. My gut tells me that he will be officially the SS.
Honey Badger Mathieu is finally starting to feel healthy and this past week he out-snapped Jefferson 50-15. He will play 100% by the next 2 weeks and probably be the FS. He needs to given space and do what he does. He is always around the ball and is the ultimate playmaker. He becomes a must add.
The outlier, yet most intriguing, is Deonne Buchannan. As a 2014 First rounder, the club obviously has high hopes for him. My take is that they wanted to put him at SS immediately to start the season and have him and Mathieu man the Safety positions, they did not expect Rashad Johnson (and Jefferson for that matter) play so well. He also played 50 snaps of 65 against WASH this past weekend, most of them as an LB in nickel and most base packages. He missed some assignments but is a missile who hits hard and has great anticipation. I don't think he can supplant Johnson though at SS just yet, especially with Rashad playing so well. Or will we?
Will they be playing Buchannon more at LB and some nickel S? Don't know what their intentions are but he will certainly be a stud for many years to come. He can really play. Do any of you ARIZ homers have any info on what the future holds for us in regards to these players?
