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unbelievable that we appear to have so much talent waiting in the wings. A player live Javonte Magee or like Shawn Oakman, actually having to sit and wait. I love how our team is shaping up this coming year. With a little luck and team chemistry, we could have something truly special on our hands

I love the idea of having talented underclassmen fighting for playing time and pushing all these upperclassmen. Nothing motivates like a little competition.

Nothing on Magee moving to DT? I have always wondered if he wouldn't end up there. Palmer is a player to watch on the DL.

Safety battles? Dixon/Holl switch...Hicks replacement?

even if there is no Dixon/Holl switch, Safety should still be an interesting position to watch this Spring. replacing Hicks is gonna be big. he wasn't uber-talented, but we saw how much he meant to the defense, while he was out for a month.

if Morton can hadle it back there, then i wouldn't mind seeing him play the CS spot. having him, Meech, and Williams all on the field at the same time cant do anything but help our coverage. Not sure that KJ wouldn't be a bit of a liability in run support though...

sweet! interested to see you guys' thoughts on that.

i agree that Goodson's performance was somewhat underwhelming, after the glowing reviews he got coming out of the Spring and Summer, but his only real flaw, that i saw, was being poor at playing the ball in the air (i understand this is a pretty major flaw for a CB in our league). if he can improve his ball skills to where they're just average, then he'll be a really good CB for us. i know that's a pretty big "if" though, based on our inability to teach our DBs this in recent years.

Something I know Earl does to help with his ball skills is during the offseason to warm up everyday he wont do DB drills like most guys do he will do wideout drills. Fade routes for jump ball situations. 5 yard comeback routes for covering wideouts that run stops routes, five over the shoulder catches to each shoulder for those wideouts who love the back shoulder catches. I wonder if this would work for Baylor?

Also he catches hundreds of tennis balls a day says it helps his reaction time and hand eye coordination.

i agree with you that Williams has been better than Morton, over the course of their careers, when both are healthy. i'd stop short of saying KJ has been a "huge disappointment" though. he was an afterthought as a national recruit, and a late add to upgrade athleticism in the secondary. we're not talking about a blue-chipper who's come in and crapped the bed...

i don't know that i'm necessarily "excited" about Morton, and a possible move to S (kinda think he was originally brought in to play here), or just intrigued to see if it could work. he'd definitely upgrade our coverage back there. as long as he could handle the responsibilities of the position, and not be a liability in run support, then how could it be a bad thing. of course, the last two things mentioned (responsibilities and run support) are pretty big "ifs" right now.

anyway, it'll be interesting to watch.

i agree, Clavine. what IS exciting to me, regarding our secondary, is that we seemingly have more qualified bodies than we've had in a very long time. we just need a handful of them to step up and be playmakers.

Completely agree. We've made big strides in overall depth across the defense and I think this is the year we start seeing some improvement. It better be the year anyway....