Green is a better than average corner. His issue is he doesn't have or doesnt appear to have the natural "timing" down to make a play on the ball. Not saying he doesn't make the play because of it but he'll often jump a little too soon for an INT and then miss and the guy ends up with the ball and he ends up out of place and has to make the hard tackle.
CJax is just a very gifted athlete. Once he has the technique down and the concepts from TJ who is considered a very good teacher which is why he's a great coach (plus he's a good recruiter) CJax will be very very hard to make a play against. He has the ability to quickly get up in run support should the play go that direction or recover and help on pass protection. Its just a matter of knowing all the working parts of the defense and who's going where on what plays. It takes time to learn what every guy in front of you is supposed to do and how to realize that someone didn't get it done. He'll play faster as he knows more.
What do you think of moving Green to safety?
I'm good with it. I want the best guys on the field that the other guys can trust so they can all do their job. Our biggest issue on D this year is the FS. Green would probably start at corner or at least be in that conversation and the first back up but we've got good depth there. He's being pretty selfless and moving so we can try to fix that hole. CJackson will get up to speed he's only been in that slot a year and is young. By mid season I'd hope he'd be good to go and that would give us two ones in reality and give us about 4 guys that could start at the corner on any given day. I think Gerry will play there a lot eventually too at the Safety spot since he's already the guy in the dime package. Him seeing reps at LB is about getting ready for the spread teams we face this year and having quick fast guys all over the field to make plays. We get the push I think we will get this year from the Dline and I think the D will be closer to Bo year 2 than we were the last couple years.
Just curious - it's well talked-about that Bo's defense is more complicated than most. From what I've read, most of that has to do with everyone doing exactly their job so the entire defense meshes together. If that is true, is it possible (likely?) that our defense also has a better understanding of what other positions around them are supposed to be doing and thus makes it easier to switch from one position to another?
Random thoughts this afternoon....
