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Reshad Jones has a leg up on clemons.

yeah he's a ballhawk...but just don't let him be one on one with a speed wr deep...or we're in trouble...strong safety playing free cause he unlike anyone else we have at safety has ball skills and solid instincts

we'll see...but if i'm the dc of a team we play i'm finding ways to get my speed wr matched up with reshad jones deep...but thats really no different than with chris clemons who can run but can't play the ball...i'd attack either one at free
 
Great. I thought he should've been starting ahead of Clemons last year, I know he would've had more INTs that could've made a difference in a few games for us.
 
JONES may be a "ballhawk", but he lacks enough speed to be an elite NFL FS. He's a SS, and should be replacing Y BELL, who has lost 1 1/2 steps, and can't cover ANYONE well anymore. I see no S TAYLOR, just another SS trying to play FS for us: another more talented G WILSON. Does anyone remember what happened the LAST time MIAMI played 2 SS's as its S's? Those who don't learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.
 
SRM said:
Big statement.. he does have that headhunter mentality of his that I loved though.
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I see it too! Sean could have gone down as one of the best...a talent we've never seen before..from what little I've seen of him, he has potential to be my fav dolphin
 
Ed Reed isnt a burner and has stiff hips. But he is the best ballhawking S ive ever seen.

Speed isnt everything. Some of the best were far from speed freaks.
 
luduporcu said:
JONES may be a "ballhawk", but he lacks enough speed to be an elite NFL FS. He's a SS, and should be replacing Y BELL, who has lost 1 1/2 steps, and can't cover ANYONE well anymore. I see no S TAYLOR, just another SS trying to play FS for us: another more talented G WILSON. Does anyone remember what happened the LAST time MIAMI played 2 SS's as its S's? Those who don't learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.
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Sean Taylor ran a 4.51 and Jones ran a 4.54.
 
Good instincts can make up for speed at FS. Didn't this guy get an INT and a sack in just a couple quarters last year against Tennessee? He's a baller.
 
Reshad Jones at SS and Jimmy Wilson at FS could be interesting in a couple of years. Prospects with turnover potential. It will be interesting to track their development.
 
Ed Reed has "football" speed.... the basis for football speed is instincts.. and film study is what allows his instincts to put him in position to make plays. There's a lot of guys who are just fast times on a stopwatch...


He closed from 10 yards away in that clip of him popping Moreno... you're not in position to close that fast to begin with if you don't have instincts. You won't ever see his 4.57 40-yard dash speed on the football field because he doesn't allow himself to be in compromising positions where it's exposed very often..


The distinction between your two safeties (i.e. "strong", "free") is becoming increasingly less important due to teams playing "multiple" sets on defense, and being in sub-packages more often than you're in your base package anyway. Offenses are spreading the field more now than ever with wide receivers and "flex" tight ends in the slot... even motioning running backs out of the backfield and lining them up outside the numbers...

You need at least one guy.... "that guy", in your secondary that can do a little bit of both, and has attributes of both safety positions.

You need a guy with fluid hips to be able to turn and run with receivers and athletic tight ends in man coverage... but who can also line up in the slot and blitz to make plays at or behind the line of scrimmage... a guy who can get out in the flat to cover running backs in the flat, and doesn't bite on play action. Basically, a guy with strong safety qualities and attributes. However, he also must possess the instincts and ball skills to play deep zone coverage, and make plays on the ball in the air. He must have range, and not get suckered by pump fakes, etc. Troy Polamalu is the standard for this type of player....


Reshad Jones can play either safety spot, and Mike Nolan's defense is exactly the type of defense where the distinction between the two different types of safeties is less important.

What Nolan needs is an enforcer who doesn't take false steps, and arrives on time to deliver the big hit and jar the ball loose. A guy with the instincts and range to make plays on the ball in the air in deep zone coverage and come up with interceptions. A guy who has enough physical presence to drop down and make plays at or behind the line of scrimmage in a "0" coverage look... Reshad Jones has the best skillset to make all this possible.

He's the guy that needs to break out in order for Miami's defense to take the next step from being "good, except for when it matters"... to being a legitimate, championship caliber defense that changes games.
 
TedSlimmJr said:
Ed Reed has "football" speed.... the basis for football speed is instincts.. and film study is what allows his instincts to put him in position to make plays. There's a lot of guys who are just fast times on a stopwatch...


He closed from 10 yards away in that clip of him popping Moreno... you're not in position to close that fast to begin with if you don't have instincts. You won't ever see his 4.57 40-yard dash speed on the football field because he doesn't allow himself to be in compromising positions where it's exposed very often..


The distinction between your two safeties (i.e. "strong", "free") is becoming increasingly less important due to teams playing "multiple" sets on defense, and being in sub-packages more often than you're in your base package anyway. Offenses are spreading the field more now than ever with wide receivers and "flex" tight ends in the slot... even motioning running backs out of the backfield and lining them up outside the numbers...

You need at least one guy.... "that guy", in your secondary that can do a little bit of both, and has attributes of both safety positions.

You need a guy with fluid hips to be able to turn and run with receivers and athletic tight ends in man coverage... but who can also line up in the slot and blitz to make plays at or behind the line of scrimmage... a guy who can get out in the flat to cover running backs in the flat, and doesn't bite on play action. Basically, a guy with strong safety qualities and attributes. However, he also must possess the instincts and ball skills to play deep zone coverage, and make plays on the ball in the air. He must have range, and not get suckered by pump fakes, etc. Troy Polamalu is the standard for this type of player....


Reshad Jones can play either safety spot, and Mike Nolan's defense is exactly the type of defense where the distinction between the two different types of safeties is less important.

What Nolan needs is an enforcer who doesn't take false steps, and arrives on time to deliver the big hit and jar the ball loose. A guy with the instincts and range to make plays on the ball in the air in deep zone coverage and come up with interceptions. A guy who has enough physical presence to drop down and make plays at or behind the line of scrimmage in a "0" coverage look... Reshad Jones has the best skillset to make all this possible.

He's the guy that needs to break out in order for Miami's defense to take the next step from being "good, except for when it matters"... to being a legitimate, championship caliber defense that changes games.
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This x10.

Reed's dedication is what makes him great, not his god given ability. His drive and preperation are legendary.

And Slimm, who does Jones remind you of when you study him?
 
Seems to be the most physical out of the two, so I'm all for it..
 
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