Josh Bullocks (1 Viewer)

[Saint Kamara]

I know a lot of people are high on him, but seriously has he really been all that good?

I would argue he is the weak link on this defense.

A free safety can either do one of 2 things well (and hopefully both). He can hit like a mutha, ala Roy Williams of the Cowboys, or he can be a great coverage guy like Ed Reed of the Baltimore Ravens.

I don't see him being good or even decent at either one of those. And I am tired of seeing him come into the picture only after the opponent's receiver is in the endzone.

What say you? Am I missing something here?

 

[LSSpam]

Roy Williams isn't a Free Safety and is so awful in coverage that his ability to "hit like a mutha" hardly compensates.

But as to your point, he's blown assignments at times but he also just had one of his better games and was particularly good in run support. Why start this thread now?

 

[benjee]

sigh..why do people always have to state a negative right after a win..why can't we just enjoy it just for at least a day.

 

[fr3sh]

Other than the bad angle he took on Burress' touchdown grab, I thought he had a good game.

 

[bradman1965]

Might be having a bit of a Sophomore Slump, but he's a ball hawk and I think he'll be a good player.

 

[Saint Kamara]

Agreed about complaining after a win.

I think this thread has merit, however. And I appreciate the input.

I could be totally off base. I hope he does improve. We need him to play well come playoff time.

 

[Saint Kamara]

Roy Williams isn't a Free Safety and is so awful in coverage that his ability to "hit like a mutha" hardly compensates.

You're right he is a SS. I was trying to make a point but used the wrong positioned player.

 

[LSSpam]

Agreed about complaining after a win.

I think this thread has merit, however. And I appreciate the input.

I could be totally off base. I hope he does improve. We need him to play well come playoff time.

I don't have a problem with the thread, just curious about what prompted it. As I said, in my opinion he had a pretty good game. Most of the time that I noticed him he was playing the run really well. Which means he had no blown coverages or assignments that caused me to notice him. Other then the (as mentioned) bad angle on the Plaxico TD I thought it was a solid game.

 

[Saint Kamara]

I don't have a problem with the thread, just curious about what prompted it. As I said, in my opinion he had a pretty good game. Most of the time that I noticed him he was playing the run really well. Which means he had no blown coverages or assignments that caused me to notice him. Other then the (as mentioned) bad angle on the Plaxico TD I thought it was a solid game.

Well it's been all year long for me. This isn't the first time I have questioned his play. I just joined this board a couple of weeks ago, so this was my first time saying anything about him.

But I cannot remember a single time all year in which he defended a long pass play.

Maybe some of you guys do.

 

[Saint Kamara]

Do we use our safeties in the tradional way?

Normally your FS covers deep, and your SS supports the run.

But what I am hearing is he has been good in stopping the run. Maybe we try to use him differently than traditional free safeties by having him stay closer in since we worry about the run so much, and we end up having him out of position to cover over the top?

Does that make sense?

 

[domedog316]

I could be totally off base.

You are! Bullocks was hurt when Roman Harper went down. They had developed a chemistry in the first few games that was upset when Harper was injured.


I guess you would want Tebucky Jones back? Not me.....this kid is a second year player who's rookie campaign was spent under Jim Haslett and Rick Venturi. It takes at least a year to deprogram someone who's been through that I would think. Not to mention the conditions he played his rookie year under.

Josh will be fine!

 

[fr3sh]

What I'm thinking is this: Bullocks felt alot more comfortable when Harper was next to him because Harper reminded Bullocks of his little brother that he played next to in college. That's why I think Bullocks played alot better with Harper there.

 

[LSSpam]

Do we use our safeties in the tradional way?

Normally your FS covers deep, and your SS supports the run.

But what I am hearing is he has been good in stopping the run. Maybe we try to use him differently than traditional free safeties by having him stay closer in since we worry about the run so much, and we end up having him out of position to cover over the top?

Does that make sense?

Yes we do. We run a Cover-1 more often then any other coverage. Our SS spends a lot of time in the box. Dallas runs a similiar style with Roy Williams in fact (which is not coincidentally where we got Gary Gibbs from). This is also why we went out and got a prototypical SS to replace Dwight Smith. Dwight Smith is actually a FS. The reason Dwight Smith played SS last year was Ventuari mostly ran Cover-2 which uses both Safeties deep (like Tampa Bay does) so that the SS and FS are almost interchangeable.

 

[Saint Kamara]

Yes we do. We run a Cover-1 more often then any other coverage. Our SS spends a lot of time in the box. Dallas runs a similiar style with Roy Williams in fact (which is not coincidentally where we got Gary Gibbs from). This is also why we went out and got a prototypical SS to replace Dwight Smith. Dwight Smith is actually a FS. The reason Dwight Smith played SS last year was Ventuari mostly ran Cover-2 which uses both Safeties deep (like Tampa Bay does) so that the SS and FS are almost interchangeable.

Thanks for that info.

Good to know.

Obviously Cover-1 puts a lot more demand on the FS. Easy to see that he will be "seemingly" out of position from time to time.

Ok, let's get Harper back next year and kick butt.

Nice discussion, fellas.