not alot said about this guy on any boards i frequent, but if season goes as i hope then he could really be a star....I hope season goes like this first, the offence dominate TOP and gets good leads in the turner style, this means our defence is better rested and is defending teams having to pass to 'comeback'....this will go up against our strength, our pass defence.....we have 2 shutdown cbs plus fletcher and T Buck(if signs) taking the nickel and dime responsibilities, this is backed by our 2 deep patrolling safeties who excell in pass coverage......This is why i think Freeman will have a huge season as our defence will be tested more in pass and from the times i saw him last season he showed great range and anticipation and the situation is just made for his skills......look at the way our pass defence is set up from a opposition coordinators point of view........does he throw at our 2 starting cbs who get mixed up safety help? probably not...so where does he look? the #3 and #4 cbs sound good, but this is why we got Fletcher as the #3 is a near starter position in NFL and in particular miami..it needs starter quality...similarily the #4cb becomes a target as teams look away from the top 3 positions, but T buck is a very experienced and able cb as well......to top this all 4 guys get a safety blanket of 2 very good rangy pass specialist safeties which allows for aggressive cb play......its not beyond reason Fletcher and T buck having big seasons as they can really go after plays, given all thats around them....Madison and Surtain will not probably have the opportunities as team go away from them......
obviously there is a cautionary note to this....our offence has to play its part and get the opposition both chasing games and having less tome to do it in........Also our DL is important in stopping the run and not letting teams dominate like late last year as both our lbs and this years undersized safeties will be exposed and wear down..........simple if our offence is as improved as we hope, our DL stuffs a run threat, then we will have some huge days on defence as teams have to be near perfect in pass to beat a very talented group.
obviously there is a cautionary note to this....our offence has to play its part and get the opposition both chasing games and having less tome to do it in........Also our DL is important in stopping the run and not letting teams dominate like late last year as both our lbs and this years undersized safeties will be exposed and wear down..........simple if our offence is as improved as we hope, our DL stuffs a run threat, then we will have some huge days on defence as teams have to be near perfect in pass to beat a very talented group.