Shamarko Thomas Progression

I heard a lot this summer about how the coaches love him and how special he could be, Troy even took him to California to workout together.

But everytime there is a chance for him whether it be this past summer in camp, or last night with Troy's injury we don't see him. My question: is he progressing as quick/much as we would hope?

 

He was injured for several weeks and then managed a new injury last night. I guess we'll know the severity tomorrow afternoon.

 

Slightly off topic...according to Antonio Brown, Ike Taylor shold be back in the lineup soon.
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=817227875004911&set=vb.161046697289702&type=2&theater

 

Geesh, if Ike comes back in good form with the way the rest of the D is playing, gonna be awesome!

 

I heard like a week or so ago that Ike would be back. I was actually quit surprised by that. Ike has always been well conditioned though so I guess I really shouldn't be.

 

Shamarko would've played if he wasn't injured again. Could miss this weeks game vs the Jets too.

I would love to see Ike come back, although our depth has really stepped up. Ike could be the #2 corner with McCain manning the slot. If he struggles, we always have Blake to turn to. I'm just glad we won't be one injury away from 28 being on the field again.

 

Ike may still have some form of a cast on which would hinder his ability to catch the ball. Oh, never mind...

 

I disagree. Were playing pretty good right now without Cortez back there, don't screw up a good thing. Ike Taylor is just not very good. He gets beat as much as Cortez does. Let him sit on the bench unless our current guys can't get the job done.

 

Is he ahead of Allen on the depth chart? I would assume so but Allen is a solid player.

 

I disagree as well but Taylor is LeBeau's boy so don't be surprised if he is starting when he comes back. I would not mess with the continuity we have with Gay, McCain and Blake. And Ike has not been missed as far as i'm concerned. And what to do with Cortez Allen? Guess we will see this week if he can crack the line up. If not, his progress has gone from bad to worse.
I had high hopes for Thomas. It's unfortunate that he is injury prone. With Troy being injured they are bringing in a safety for a look see.

 

If I am not mistken I think its policy after injury for players to return to their position. Thought I recalled Tomlin saying a number of years ago that players do not lose their starting job due to injury when they are healthy again.

 

When Ike comes back, he will certainly start. If he does not play well, I don't think they wait long to make a change.

 

I agree with most of this. I think Ike starts and plays most snaps the rest of the season, unless he is so atrociously bad that they just can't ignore the problem. Our coaching staff tend to stick with veterans through thick and thin. I don't want Ike to play because I just don't think he's any good, but he will play

 

Agreed. Not sure who's serving the Kool-Aid around here, but how quickly they forget Ike 'PI call every other play' Taylor.

 

I don't know about that. Cortez's problem is not that he gets beat so much, but that he's been terrible at the point of attack. Also, just because we're winning doesn't mean that the secondary has been playing lights out. They have been ho hum in my opinion. The difference lately has been the front 7 getting more pressure than they have been. Throwing Ike back in there won't make much of a difference (good or bad) as long as our front 7 continues to play at a high level.

 

Yeah. Allen is listed as the back up FS while Shark is listed at back up SS. Allen can play both though, so we were fine even with Shamarko hurt again