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Message: [QUOTE="Newhouse_83, post: 3321172, member: 7139"] Much of this thread makes a great case for a hybrid "box safety," as is now popular in the NFL thanks to Duane Bucannon; Josh Jones was supposed to be that guy in Green Bay. It would be great if Mikel Jones could make it work, or find another role, but if he can't there are other candidates. The coaches haven't been sure if Trotter, at 206, is a safety or an OLB. Jonas seems to have hybrid size. LaBrosse might after a year. But I feel far better about this approach than about converting a 200-pound Kielan Whitner into an OLB and hoping he'll survive against the run. I feel like the last time this worked, it required Keith Bulluck's talent. The hybrids are intriguing, as usual. The staff in recent years clearly made the right call with Trill, and probably with Courtney Jackson, who seems to have game-changing speed. Because of strengths and weaknesses on the depth chart, I'd thought Barron and Wax were likely to end up challening Trotter and maybe Kpogba as backup LBs, and Pena would have been a CB. But consensus seems to be that Barron is a wideout, and Pena's tape makes a case that he's a guy who needs to get the ball. Again, I'm frustrated by the emphasis on adding safeties -- even with a decommitment plus the move of Clarke to CB, we have nine (unless Atkinson moves to CB). Only Stritzinger is due to graduate. I mean, do I really need Carter *and* LaBrosse if I have six guys ahead of them and three are freshmen or sophs? The WR numbers are even harder to understand. Even with Jackson having departed and Lutz moving to RB, we have 10 scholarship wideouts and zero seniors. Alford at 6'5" adds Custis-esque size, but Ja'vante Williams, gives us what, exactly? A Hendrix, Queeley and maybe Cam Jordan (I agree with an earlier post that he's not a starter), but with less ability and size? Better to have spent that scholly on OL depth, no? That fuels my concern regarding corner. I love Trill and Iffy as starters, but each injury means a smallish redshirt freshman becomes a starter. As the lightest guy on the team probably since Carl Jones was a freshman, Cole had better have track-star speed. In the olden days, deep talent at the offensive skill positions often meant the conversion of a Bryce Bevill to corner. If Lutz, who's an RB-4 at best, and maybe more like RB-6 or -7, or Sharod Johnson (WR7) wants to see the field, maybe they need a look at corner. Ditto Kevin Johnson, though he might lack the speed. [/QUOTE]

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