Anyone seen footage of Georgia FS Thomas Davis. The guy moves and looks like Louis Oliver. Big hitter, a little stiff on cuts but he does have some speed. He'd be a nice pickup around 20 or so.
FS Thomas Davis = Louis Oliver throwback
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Living in the South, I get a chance to see every SEC team play quite a bit. Thomas Davis is the most ferocious hitter I have seen in quite a while. I don't think Georgia had a game where he didn't absolutely knock someone out. His only weakness, and a big one at that, is his coverage ability. He doesn't turn and cover quite as well as he should. You won't find a better run stopper at safety, but his coverage skills do need a bit of tuning.
Nice. I'd love to see him in Miami
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He would be a great choice at 18.
Taylor- Chester - Bowens/Holliday- Carter
Spragan/Moore- Thomas - Seau
Madison- Howard
T-Buck-Jones - Thomas Davis
I like it.
Taylor- Chester - Bowens/Holliday- Carter
Spragan/Moore- Thomas - Seau
Madison- Howard
T-Buck-Jones - Thomas Davis
I like it.
How did Loius Oliver play?? Was he good?? i'm to young to know who he was
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MARINO1384 said:
Louis Oliver is probably more known for his 103 yard INT return for a TD against Buffalo than anything. This was a player who would take your head off. He was a big hitter that was lacking in coverage.
We had the slowest set of safeties in the league with Louis Oliver and Jarvis Williams at one point.
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If we did the trade with Minny, Thomas Davis is the exact type of player I think Saban would want. Not that I advocate it, but could you imagine drafting Rolle AND Davis at 7,18? Talk about revamping a secondary.
As it stands, if we could get our hands on Minny's picks, I would be all for best offensive player at 7 and Thomas Davies at 18.
As it stands, if we could get our hands on Minny's picks, I would be all for best offensive player at 7 and Thomas Davies at 18.
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Saints signed Dwight Smith and have Jay Bellamy.
IMO they go LB.
IMO they go LB.
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If we get thomas who is going to play FS I know Tebucky has experience but clearly his strentgh is playing close to the LOS at SS, and if Thomas has coverage problems he might not be a good idea at FS. If we go DS I want Pool in 2nd/3rd- he can play FS...
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or Josh Bullocks.
Oliver wasn't slow, he ran in the 4.4s, but he was stiff in the hips.KB21 said:
Jarvis now, he was maybe slower than Sammy Knight.
MrClean said:
I agree with you. Taking the best of each would have made for a darn good safety. Oliver's size and pure speed and hitting ability with Jarvis' agility and smarts. I don't know how to get rid of the Gator aspect.
Louis Oliver was highly touted at one point. Bill Walsh was doing color commentary for NBC. When Oliver made a big play in a game early in his career, with Walsh doing the commentary, Walsh specifically said Oliver would "most likely become the best safety in the league."