Would anyone like to move Robinson to FS??

[Blitzwood]

Originally Posted by barrett

Because you need more size to play FS then CB.

Um.......thanks for clarifying, no.... answering,.... your ongoing, whiny question.

I hope you feel better now...

Now, if you go back to the beginning of this thread, Roy asked me if I thought Earl Thomas could be our CB. I disagreed, saying he's , you guessed it, undersized and doesn't have great cover skills needed to defend at the next level.

I still think he'll be a fine FS and would love to have him on our team, but knowing Kubiak's preferences, that probably won't happen. We could really use his playmaking abilities in the secondary, but Coach is probably gonna want his FS to help in run support. I don't think he'd be opposed to that, but he struggled against arguably the best running game in the country in the championship game.

Second, I think we all know the prototypical NFL FS is over 6' and 200 lbs, Noone is arguing that point, well .....almost.

Next, I showed you a scouting report stating he was clearly a FS, clearly undersized, and clearly very competent to play his position, all while not having great cover skills.

I never said he didn't have the size to play CB, I said he didn't have the size or the cover skills to play CB at a high level. He looks at his best at FS where he can roam and make plays.

Don't misled or misquote people here based upon your assumptions.

I know what I said and stand by it 100%.



Also, have you watched this kid play?? This kid brings it every down.

You might want to rethink your earlier comment "If he is truly too small for CB then we definitely don't want him at FS."


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[barrett]

Your last post.

Originally Posted by Blitzwood

I never said he didn't have the size to play CB,

post #3 of this thread.

Originally Posted by Blitzwood

I don't think he has the size or cover skills to play CB

Silly of me to assume that when you said he doesn't have the size to play CB you were saying he doesn't have the size to play CB.

But when I read your first post I honestly assumed that I must be misunderstanding you, so I asked a very simple question for clarification. You responded by saying that due to size he will struggle at CB but be good at FS. I asked again for clarification and you gave me a website that had nothing to do with the question. Then you claimed to be misquoted.

So again I will simply say, if a guy is too small to play CB, he is definitely too small to play FS.

[NBT]

I would rather we just waved goodbye to dRob on his way out. He is not even worth half of what he made last year.

[cloudwasher]

The problem is DRob is going to want to come back at a price that isnt worth what he can bring to the table, even in the FS position. I just dont see him agreeing to come back at less than $7 mil/yr, and at this point he's not worth that much. I say we let him go and move on.

[Bigtinylittle]

Originally Posted by cloudwasher

The problem is DRob is going to want to come back at a price that isnt worth what he can bring to the table, even in the FS position. I just dont see him agreeing to come back at less than $7 mil/yr, and at this point he's not worth that much. I say we let him go and move on.

I think the Texans are much more likely to draft a CB this year in the first than they are a safety. First of all, they already have a serviceable safety who they are not overpaying. I know a lot of fans pine for a freeranging safety who intercepts a lot of balls, but I don't think Kubiak is losing sleep at night trying to figure out how to get one. The Texans have greater needs. Besides, freeroaming safeties sometimes come with liabilities--they tend to gamble, and as a group they don't tend to be the top notch against the run.

There is an old saying that you can't have too many good corners. So to me there is no downside in taking a CB in the first round if there is one on the board that they are in love with. But if there is a nose tackle or a big running back on the board, I could easily see them going in that direction too.

No matter how much other teams as well as the Texans talk about taking BPA in the first round, if you look at previous drafts you will see they almost never do it. CB, NT or RB will very likely be the direction the Texans go in.

By the way, I realize that guard is probably a big need too, but I just can't see them going for one at nineteen or twenty. A guard taken that high had better be a can't-miss pro bowl prospect.