Today's NFL is turning some positions into endangered species (SS edition)


	Today's NFL is turning some positions into endangered species (SS edition)

MHacker

5-19-2008 12:18 AM

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By Pat Kirwan, Senior Analyst

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/cafe0b7e-6316-46d5-be9c-8e36e46c3722/B70C6DAF-373C-4F51-A39D-D46FD4FD36BE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nfl.com/freeagency/story?id=09000d5d808470ee&template=with-video&confirm=true&campaign=ec0005" href="http://www.nfl.com/freeagency/story?id=09000d5d808470ee&template=with-video&confirm=true&campaign=ec0005" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nfl.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nfl.com/freeagency/story?id=09000d5d808470ee&template=with-video&confirm=true&campaign=ec0005">many teams are finding that several traditional positions are not what they used to be.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nfl.com/freeagency/story?id=09000d5d808470ee&template=with-video&confirm=true&campaign=ec0005">The strong safety is another position that has undergone a pretty major transformation in recent years, and the Cover Two again plays a part.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nfl.com/freeagency/story?id=09000d5d808470ee&template=with-video&confirm=true&campaign=ec0005">It is possible that the true strong safety is going to become a situational player. If and when a fullback or an in-line tight end enters the game, there is a reason to send the box safety into the game. But if a team is in a three-receiver package or has a hybrid tight end with vertical speed, then the old-time safety may have to be on the sideline.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nfl.com/freeagency/story?id=09000d5d808470ee&template=with-video&confirm=true&campaign=ec0005">It looks as if it's time to marry the strong safety to personnel groupings that present power run issues and not matchup problems.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B70C6DAF-373C-4F51-A39D-D46FD4FD36BE/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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