Free Safety position

Just been thinking about this spot because I'm tired of the Bell and JH92 talk. Is anyone else concerned about Sean Davis being the only real candidate for the spot? I think Morgan Burnett mans the SS spot and Edmunds is worked in slowly as that S/LB spot.

Who is challenging Davis at FS? Cam Sutton is the only candidate on the roster in my eyes that could do it. And don't give me this Brian Allen b.s., dude is way too raw, let alone the CB designation on the team website. Sutton has the intelligence and athleticism, but they seem to want him to be that swiss army knife DB. I hope he gets a legit chance to unseat Davis. I was a fan of the Davis pick but his performance at SS is leaving me pessimistic. I hope he can turn it around at FS.

Not gonna happen but a guy can wish scenario - FS Tre Boston is still available and has been in the media a lot about the FA market for Safeties. AZ offered him 3-4mil supposedly and he was disrespected in his words. I wonder if Pitts could coax him into camp with a 5-6mil offer? Especially if training camps get under way and he is still looking for a home. Some cuts would need to be made.

DHB - 1.3
Coty Sensabaugh - 1.6
McCullers - 720K
Ridley or Touissant - 630K
Dangerfield - 555K

That gets you darn close. DHB would be the biggest loss imo. Especially on STs but Brian Allen has proved to be a good understudy there. Hopefully one other guy steps up.

Boring time of year so just spitballing some ideas. I just am not trusting Davis all the way right now and having Boston and Burnett would be huge for the secondary.

 

Burnett but that is about it regarding the Free Safety spot.


Should he move to Strong Safety and underachieve there... the hope then becomes that Terrell Edmunds is ready by then.



Regarding him, hope he signs soon. If it is not the guaranteed money up front, the offset language is the likely culprit here.

 

Don’t forget Nat Berhe. He’s listed as a FS on some sites.

 

Tom Bradley.

 

I didn't forget about "the Missile" but for the most part he's been a special teamer in NY and Pitts only inked him to a one year deal I believe, which hints at them not being sure of his abilities. I haven't seen the guy play so I don't know what kind of FS candidate he will be. He's not giving me the warm n fuzzies either though at this point. All I know is he is a very physical guy so I'm hoping we are not just adding a guy that wants highlight hits.

 

He's going to earn his paycheck teaching Davis and I hope he is the difference maker because Davis has the speed to cover some ground.

 

I think they are both up to the task.

 

I think we are doing hybrid safeties. Meaning we don't have a free safety or a strong safety. just 2 safeties that can do either FS or SS and also LB. I hear they might rotate the defensive line and CB's to confuse defenses. You laugh but you all saw Tuitt chasing that player yards way down when Mitchell wouldn't even chase them 2 yards lol.

 

As far as hybrid players I think they will rotate:


Edmunds = safety/LB
Sutton = CB/Safety
TJ watt = LB/DE
Vince = MLB/DE
Dupree = Bench/PUP
Hargrave = NT/DE

I am pretty excited in all honesty

 

You answered your own question....it's right there in front of your face.....DHB........Obviously.....

 

These guys don't need pigeonholed into a certain position and that will be the best part of this defense. It will be hard for qbs to distinguish of who is playing what position and who is covering what and where. Call it smoke and mirrors but these opposing offenses better be able to distinguish between a fire and and a good looking suit real quick.

 

https://www.behindthesteelcurtain.c...ty-than-most-believed-steelers-morgan-burnett

I guess someone else was wondering about the same thing as me.

 

After some worrisome things have come to light....I just hope our guys know who is playing what position...

 

Yea, and the team most confused will be us, judging by the performance of these geniuses the last 2 years.

 

We don't even need free safeties; we will fill the field with mini ILBs all game long. No one will be able to figure it out...
...if it were in the 70's.

 

If it was the same players and coaches of the last two years and the same injuries yea maybe.

 

I really don't see the concern with Sean Davis. Even if he had a bad year, it doesn't mean the guy is out for the count.

They are switching him from strong to free safety, so my guess is that is in their mind the better fit for him. We are stacked in the safety department currently with a bunch of different guys with different skill sets which could be cool to watch.

 

I think Davis will be fine. I think he had a pretty good year actually, with a great deal of confusion around him and our defense in his second year. There were a lot of different faces around him too and no consistency from the group. Year 3 is usually a big season for a player to get it. Going through camp with the same group and a new and better coach will work wonders. Look for good things from this defense if they can stay healthy.

 

I'm very concerned about free safety, turtle. There is no true free safety on the roster, no center fielder-type guy who can play single high. In years past Burnett was a competent deep half pass defender so I'm hopeful that he pans out. Davis struggles in deep half so I have no faith in him at free.

 

I think we are fitting the linebackers and safeties as hybrids so both positions can do each others.

 

We've sold our soul to beat Brady this offseason, but we'll get ran over by teams with good RBs.... Jax, KC and NO.

 

turtle: FS Tre Boston is still available and has been in the media a lot about the FA market for Safeties.

The cards signed him to a 1 year deal yesterday, with camps opening he wanted to get in this year and get a payday next year, he had 5 picks last year and surprisingly nobody gave him a multi year deal...

 

I'll have to keep an eye on him this year and see how he does for Steelers West. He has a good partner there in Budda Baker.

 

Boston got a raw deal because he should have been signed before this because he does have game:


And Mike Mitchell tweeted this to us fans for bad mouthing him:

Couldn’t be the Superman like years prior BC my foot was broke. Never once did I complain or make excuses. Most y’all talkin s**t wouldn’t even have gone out there. You’re too soft.

7:32 AM - May 5, 2018

 

They're different positions for a reason: LBs need more size to take on ball carriers around the LOS, safeties need to be faster than LBs because they need to play receivers in coverage. You can get cute here and there, but if you try to have LBs and Ss in each others' positions more than a few times, you will be served. If the Steelers think they can play this game on any kind of consistent basis, they are gonna get run all over, or passed on. This hybrid game is NOT a panacea, and if they think it is, they are going to get embarrassed, big time.