Is this our starting secondary?
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He’s injured isn’t he?
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This proves that Omar Brown hasn’t been able to hold the spot. I thought he was our weakness and that seems to have been mitigated through flexing our strength at corner.
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Do we know how long Buford is out?
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I understood it as banged up and playing through it but he isn’t 100% as I recall. Not sure if he has had to miss time or not.
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he's about 10 months post ACL surgery so anywhere from a few more weeks to the whole season
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injured in November
Based on what Rhule has said about knee/acl injuries, I’m guessing Buford doesn’t play until late in the year if he plays at all
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I'm not sold on Hartzog at safety with his size, but I'm not really sure what his role would be in the 3-3-5. is he more of a FS, or would be be more like a nickel CB?
No reason to rush him at all. He’s never taken a redshirt. If he can play the last 4 games…great. If not no big deal
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IIRC, in Syracuse 335, they didn’t really rotate in a nickel so the safeties were expected to be able to cover a lot.
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I think it's too early to tell, at least all the spots, not sure on how much rotation there will be.
Right now I see Newsome at CB, Gifford at Rover, Hartzog as a starter at S or CB. I can see Hill, Singleton, Brown, Collier or Sanford all having a possibility of starting, some at S some at CB and Hartzog is moved around to get the best group out there. Looks like there will be a lot of competition for the last 2 spots.
CBs: Newsome, Hill
Rover: Gifford
Safeties: Hartzog, Collier (if healthy)
Brown and Singleton will be rotated in at rover/safety a lot. If the starting group struggles, I think we'll see a good amount of Morton and Bootle as well. I think Safeeullah, Stewart, and Fields will see some defensive snaps as well but will preserve their redshirts.
Buford is coming off a major knee injury & has also never taken a redshirt. I don't think he plays at all, and if he does, it won't be more than 4 games.
Rover: Gifford
Safeties: Hartzog, Collier (if healthy)
Brown and Singleton will be rotated in at rover/safety a lot. If the starting group struggles, I think we'll see a good amount of Morton and Bootle as well. I think Safeeullah, Stewart, and Fields will see some defensive snaps as well but will preserve their redshirts.
Buford is coming off a major knee injury & has also never taken a redshirt. I don't think he plays at all, and if he does, it won't be more than 4 games.
