Sherrod Martin - new FS for Carolina (1 Viewer)

[pretender]

According to the MFL change of player designation - Martin was a CB and now is listed as free safety for Carolina. According to FBG's prognosticators Norton and Rudnicki - both Martin and Godfrey will be pretty close in points. Does the scheme in Carolina go pretty much left safety and right safety rather than SS and FS? The tackle numbers don't seem to be very high for either (high 50's to mid 60's) I am wondering why so even and why so low. I would think one of the two would be scoring more than the other if traditionally a SS inside the box and FS - ranging around the outfield so to speak.

Carolina drafted Martin in the second round - yet I haven't found out too much information about him other than he is young and is now playing safety.

So enquiring minds would like to know - how do the safeties play in Carolina and does anybody know much about Martin and how he has done in camp and pre-season so far? Are either safety worth rostering in a 16 dynasty league of 45 players that separate CB and safety? I know somewhat of a team advice question but still bringing into play the defensive scheme of Carolina.

 

[Jene Bramel]

It's a Tampa-2 style coverage scheme and both safeties are converted corners with more zone skill than ball skills and marginal run support ability. Neither are a good bet to get to the ball with Jon Beason scraping and Chris Gamble and Richard Marshall capable run support corners. In this kind of defense, you're looking for a Bob Sanders, Mike Brown, John Lynch type of safety to hold value. A guy like Tanard Jackson will have a good year now and then, but isn't likely to be consistently week-to-week or season-to-season.

65 solos and an average number of coverage plays are probably high end expectations for either. Might crack the top 50, but are more likely to be in the 50-75 range.