At The Combine

[jppaul]

I am personally on the draft Malcolm Jenkins at 15 to be a safety train now.

[mussop]

Originally Posted by jppaul

I am personally on the draft Malcolm Jenkins at 15 to be a safety train now.

I would be extremely happy with that!

[papabear]

Originally Posted by jppaul

I am personally on the draft Malcolm Jenkins at 15 to be a safety train now.

I'm intrigued by this idea. A guy who was considered a top corner at Safety sounds great on paper. The problem is playing safety is a whole other skill set than playing man coverage type corner. I don't know enough about Jenkins to know if he would make a good safety or not, but there's more to being a safety than just being a slow corner.

[BigBull]

Originally Posted by papabear

I'm intrigued by this idea. A guy who was considered a top corner at Safety sounds great on paper. The problem is playing safety is a whole other skill set than playing man coverage type corner. I don't know enough about Jenkins to know if he would make a good safety or not, but there's more to being a safety than just being a slow corner.

He actually played a lot of safety for the Ohio State Buckeyes.

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by BigBull

He actually played a lot of safety for the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Jenkins is pretty adamant that he is a CB. Now, perhaps he's being defensive because he was considered a top ten pick before he ran a 4.55. Maybe he realizes that CB money is going to be more than FS money.

If I were to go by on field attributes, Vontae Davis would make the better FS. Then the 1st problem is will he be available at #15 after his Combine. He may be the ONLY CB worthy of a 1st round pick in this draft. The 2nd problem is he going to be willing to learn a new position that will potentially earn him less money.

The pundits point at Antrel Rolle in Arizona as the model. However, Rolle was given the opportunity to play CB before he was moved to FS. We are dealing with real people with pride in themselves who have been successful at every level. You have to be careful that they don't feel disrespected or you won't get the best effort out of them.

On the other hand, players who are drafted later in the draft, perhaps were not recruited (but walked on at College), will be very eager to do whatever it takes to make a roster. A player who feels he has something to prove has the intrinsic motivation to learn a new position. A "stud" who feels he has nothing to prove might learn a new position, but he'll do so begrudgingly.

[jppaul]

Originally Posted by papabear

I'm intrigued by this idea. A guy who was considered a top corner at Safety sounds great on paper. The problem is playing safety is a whole other skill set than playing man coverage type corner. I don't know enough about Jenkins to know if he would make a good safety or not, but there's more to being a safety than just being a slow corner.

Yeah, PB, but Jenkins also played alot of safety at Ohio State, he wasn't exclusively a corner they moved him around. Come on man, you don't think that I would base drafting him at safety because he was slow. Have a little faith.

I was just thinking after running that time he might actually be around at 15 now.

[papabear]

Originally Posted by jppaul

Yeah, PB, but Jenkins also played alot of safety at Ohio State, he wasn't exclusively a corner they moved him around. Come on man, you don't think that I would base drafting him at safety because he was slow. Have a little faith.

I was just thinking after running that time he might actually be around at 15 now.

I did kinda forget about that...but I still don't how much "alot" is. I don't watch the big 10 much. Consider it a general statement on the idea that you can just move any slow-ish corner to safety and everything will work out.

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by jppaul

I am personally on the draft Malcolm Jenkins at 15 to be a safety train now.

We just signed our starting FS to a 3-year contract.