My fear with Thomas is this...........Bob Sanders. An undersized safety who will struggle with injuries at the next level.Originally Posted by feltdizz
My fear with Thomas is this...........Bob Sanders. An undersized safety who will struggle with injuries at the next level.Originally Posted by feltdizz
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They made as much an impact as 3rd and 5th Round draft picks that Troy made as a rookie as a Round 1 pick. You logic is seriously flawed. LeBeau doesn't play rookies. His problem not the players.Originally Posted by pfelix73
So you would have assumed that Troy wasn't an "All Pro type" after his rookie year. How has that worked out?
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[quote=Dee Dub]My fear with Thomas is this...........Bob Sanders. An undersized safety who will struggle with injuries at the next level.[/quote:196q320r]Originally Posted by feltdizz
I agree.. Thomas looks a little small. The Haden comparison is spot on regarding obvious passing situations...
He can catch, which is a step in the right direction but I'm concerned the competition he faced my have padded his stats.
I lost a bet about Najee gaining 1300 yards.
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[quote=Dee Dub]My fear with Thomas is this...........Bob Sanders. An undersized safety who will struggle with injuries at the next level.[/quote:es7wkoi3]Originally Posted by feltdizz
sanders is a SS that plays in the box.
thomas would be a FS that plays centerfield. plus, he's showed up at the combine at 208 LBs
to me 8 INTs means he has the hands to hold onto the ball. instead of seeing them clang off the hands of clark, ike, burnett this year that cost us a W and as it turns out a playoff spot
[quote=NJ-STEELER][quote="Dee Dub":3pccz2l5]My fear with Thomas is this...........Bob Sanders. An undersized safety who will struggle with injuries at the next level.[/quote:3pccz2l5]Originally Posted by feltdizz
sanders is a SS that plays in the box.
thomas would be a FS that plays centerfield. plus, he's showed up at the combine at 208 LBs
to me 8 INTs means he has the hands to hold onto the ball. instead of seeing them clang off the hands of clark, ike, burnett this year that cost us a W and as it turns out a playoff spot[/quote:3pccz2l5]
Actually NJ,..Sanders in fact plays FS. But,..he does so with such a level of physicality to go along with his ball skills that one could mistake him for a SS. But rest assured,...it's highly unlikely that anyone would ever make such a mistake in terms of Thomas. He's very athletic,....but not very physical at all.
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I agree Thomas showed he can catch.. it's who he was intercepting that concerns me.
Not saying Thomas won't pan out... but the 8 INT's don't convnce me he is our guy.
Can he stop the run? Is he disciplined? Will he be lost in our scheme? These are the things I want to know about Thomas...
I lost a bet about Najee gaining 1300 yards.
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You are such a Doubting Thomas.Originally Posted by feltdizz
Steeler teams featuring stat-driven, me-first, fantasy-football-darling diva types such as Antonio Brown & Le'Veon Bell won no championships.
Super Bowl winning Steeler teams were built around a dynamic, in-your-face defense plus blue-collar, hard-hitting, no-nonsense football players on offense such as Hines Ward & Jerome Bettis.
We don't want Juju & Conner to replace what we lost in Brown & Bell.
We are counting on Juju & Conner to return us to the glory we once had with Hines & The Bus.
[quote=Dee Dub]My fear with Thomas is this...........Bob Sanders. An undersized safety who will struggle with injuries at the next level.[/quote:1lg8wmap]Originally Posted by feltdizz
As a free safety won't he be used in coverage more than at the LOS? He will certainly have run support responsibilities, but they aren't as demanding as a SS, correct? I don't think you can pass on a guy because you believe he may be injury prone. During his college career he wasn't injury prone, at least, I haven't heard that he was. He's a good talent and it wouldn't be prudent to pass on him because of what MAY happen.
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in the yearly yearbook i get (lindy's)
they list sanders as the 2nd best SS and bethea as the 4th best FS
FWIW both are listed at a weight lower then what thomas checked in at the combine
incidently, so is troy
And two of the three you mention have been plagued by injuries for the past three seasons, e.g. Sanders and TroyOriginally Posted by NJ-STEELER
I think that is a legitimate concern with Thomas
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