Leon Hall

That's all I'm saying.

 

For Safety or redundancy?

 

From - http://www.nfldraftcountdown.com/scoutingreports/cb/leonhall.html

"Strengths:
Very good size...A smooth athlete with fluid hips and great quickness...Physical, tough and aggressive...Does an outstanding job in run support and is a reliable tackler...A playmaker with great hands and ball skills...Very smart with excellent instincts and awareness...Is technically and fundamentally sound...Versatile and has also seen some action at safety...Hard worker with premier intangibles...Has a lot of experience against Big Ten competition...Answered questions regarding his timed speed at the Combine...Also offers some potential as a punt returner.

Weaknesses:
Struggled against some top opponents...Gives a big cushion in coverage...Lacks a burst and struggles to recover from mistakes...There is some concern that he's a bit of a CB / S 'tweener...Is not a lock-down guy and will allow receivers to make some catches against him...May profile as more of a zone coverage type...#2 CB?

Notes:
Terrific all-around cover guy but is not quite in the same class as guys like Deion Sanders and Champ Bailey...The Wolverines have a strong tradition of producing pro defensive backs in recent years (such as Ty Law, Charles Woodson & Marlin Jackson) and this guy will try and help carry on that legacy...Should easily be the first cornerback selected and he'll more than likely come off the board very early."


Another tweener? WP28, isn't this a red flag for you per "the rules."

 

that's all i'm sayin', too...right here.

 

Intriguing - a guy I hadn't put as much thought into, at our pick. He's a terrific zone guy, plays better off the ball than on, smart, fast, rangy, very good run support for a CB, he's got all the skills. I think he could play free, possibly better than CB.

I think he could be a good returner. I don't like a starting S returning punts for us, though. And I'm not sure if I'd want a guy at 14 who would have to learn safety. Getting a corner in 2 that could play S, and return punts? yeah. When you draft for need in 1, you need that guy to know he can play the position. Eliminates a variable for failure.

When you get a guy like Davis at 14 two years ago, you can afford to 'tween. You can't really afford to tween when you're being cheap like us now. He's played a little at safety, though, so it could go either way.

 

Could he bump any of our other corners to safety?

 

I don't think any of our CBs are good S prospects.

 

Maybe not but a lot of corners end up playing free safety at the end of their careers when they have lost a step.

 

Lucas could, but he's too valuable. Same with Marshall. Gamble isn't a good fit. Howard maybe, but he's gone.

 

I dunno, I'd be inclined to give Lucas a try if I felt his tackling problems were all injury related (not sure I buy it). It might be a way to have our best eleven on the field. But he seems to have a huge ego and might feel it's a dis.