Is Malcom Jenkins overrated as a starting Free Safety?

alexonfyre · 04-26-2012, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by FinSaint

Yeah, that is the impression that I'm under as well.

MLB is always the leader, but the FS is who has to analyze the offense and communicate the package and assignments right?

|Mitch| · 04-26-2012, 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by alexonfyre

MLB is always the leader, but the FS is who has to analyze the offense and communicate the package and assignments right?

No the MLB handles all the assignments and packages; he is the only one on the defense who can listen to the coordinator from the field with the ear piece in the helmet

FinSaint · 04-26-2012, 10:17 PM

I guess it could vary from one team to another, but you regularly see the MLB in a 4-3 being the defensive player with the mic calling out the defensive play in a given situation, and he also is the one in charge of calling audibles and line shifts, so I would have to put him as the defensive "QB" before any other defensive player - in this given situation at least.

alexonfyre · 04-26-2012, 10:41 PM

Originally Posted by FinSaint

I guess it could vary from one team to another, but you regularly see the MLB in a 4-3 being the defensive player with the mic calling out the defensive play in a given situation, and he also is the one in charge of calling audibles and line shifts, so I would have to put him as the defensive "QB" before any other defensive player - in this given situation at least.

Hmmm, I guess the FS only has to tell the MLB what the offensive package is then, but I know they have him 15+ yards back for that reason.

st thomas · 04-26-2012, 11:01 PM

hes a darn good football player, hes been put in spots where he did'nt handle things to well but it can be corrected, way to many times he has taken the wrong angles on playing the ball, missing a great breakup or even a pick or 2. its all coachable and can be corrected. maybe there was to much on his plate in his 2nd year?

BGWhoDat · 04-26-2012, 11:39 PM

Originally Posted by papz

He doesn't run in the 4.3s or low 4.4s, but he has plenty of enough speed to play corner.

One of the reasons they wanted to move him to safety was the lack of speed. They were afraid he'd get beat by the quicker wide-outs. In the nickel, it wouldn't be an issue though.

04-26-2012, 10:00 PM	#21
alexonfyre Site Donor Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Black Pearl University Posts: 799	Originally Posted by FinSaint Yeah, that is the impression that I'm under as well. MLB is always the leader, but the FS is who has to analyze the offense and communicate the package and assignments right?

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\|Mitch\| 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Alexandria, La Posts: 11,303	Originally Posted by alexonfyre MLB is always the leader, but the FS is who has to analyze the offense and communicate the package and assignments right? No the MLB handles all the assignments and packages; he is the only one on the defense who can listen to the coordinator from the field with the ear piece in the helmet
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04-26-2012, 10:41 PM	#24
alexonfyre Site Donor Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Black Pearl University Posts: 799	Originally Posted by FinSaint I guess it could vary from one team to another, but you regularly see the MLB in a 4-3 being the defensive player with the mic calling out the defensive play in a given situation, and he also is the one in charge of calling audibles and line shifts, so I would have to put him as the defensive "QB" before any other defensive player - in this given situation at least. Hmmm, I guess the FS only has to tell the MLB what the offensive package is then, but I know they have him 15+ yards back for that reason.

04-26-2012, 11:39 PM	#26
BGWhoDat Who Dat Writer Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 241	Originally Posted by papz He doesn't run in the 4.3s or low 4.4s, but he has plenty of enough speed to play corner. One of the reasons they wanted to move him to safety was the lack of speed. They were afraid he'd get beat by the quicker wide-outs. In the nickel, it wouldn't be an issue though.

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04-26-2012, 10:17 PM	#23
FinSaint Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Finland... formerly Southern Virginia Posts: 4,961	I guess it could vary from one team to another, but you regularly see the MLB in a 4-3 being the defensive player with the mic calling out the defensive play in a given situation, and he also is the one in charge of calling audibles and line shifts, so I would have to put him as the defensive "QB" before any other defensive player - in this given situation at least.

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st thomas Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: lafayette Posts: 7,753	hes a darn good football player, hes been put in spots where he did'nt handle things to well but it can be corrected, way to many times he has taken the wrong angles on playing the ball, missing a great breakup or even a pick or 2. its all coachable and can be corrected. maybe there was to much on his plate in his 2nd year?