VanDolPhan
Practice Squad
jlfin said:When Saban drafted him many people speculated that he would be a safety/ nickel back. Madison and Poole were to be the starters.
The injury to Poole in mini camp threw that plan out the window.
Except that Daniels was drafted as a CB and was stated he was going to play CB before Poole's injury (he was expected to compete for the nickel originally). There has not been even a hint of him playing safety and Saban has said that CB is Daniels natural position. The safety stuff has been pure speculation based on the fact he played it some due to injury in college and the media speculated it some.
While I hope Poole comes back strong lets not forget that he's not a draft pick of the current adminstration and coming off injury. He will literally have to go in there and clearly beat out the players that Saban has brought in. At this point we don't know if Poole can play Saban's style of defense. Saban might come to the conclusion that he's of the same style of the 2 guys he just shoved out the door in Madison/Surtain.
Right now I believe Goodman and Poole are going to start out by battling for the nickel and it's Daniels (or god forbid Allen which has me shivering with Howard memories) job to lose as a starter.