"Scary Interest" in USC S/LB Su'a Cravens

[RealBitsOfPanther]

Seems like a G-Man pick. I trust whatever pick he makes tbh. He's earned that. 

[Snake]

We have to remember the more we look at a guy the more we are onon the fencfence about him. DG uses visits to extend the evaluation process that they could not see on tape. 

[Bartin]

8 minutes ago, carolina-chuck2 said:

Shaq ran a 4.64

Chancellor ran a 4.69

Shaq is a LB and Kam is a S. Kam is also slow for a safety. That's why he plays in the box more or less as an extra LB. Seattle is able to do that because they have Earl Thomas. In the Seattle 3 base, Kam has the same coverage responsibilities as the WLB.

[ctrcat]

fwiw this guy also likes him as a safety.  I agree and he's been on my short list for awhile too.  Like Shaq, they were both the #1 player overall in California out of high school.  "football player"

[Peppers90 NC]

Would love for this guy to be our SS of the future. Hard-hitter and good instincts. 

[Ricky Spanish]

Su'a Cravens

6' 0^3/4"

Scouts grade 80/100

4th ranked Safety in the draft

60th ranked prospect overall

 

[Bartin]

1 minute ago, Promethean Forerunner said:

No biggie.

"When you turn on the tape on Cravens, his Combine results become irrelevant. He is a natural playmaker and plays an overly aggressive style regardless of what position he is in. With a switch to safety towards to the end of his time at USC, Cravens is open to a position change in the NFL and will take part in secondary drills at USC's Pro Day.

It is difficult to project where Cravens will land. It all depends on how teams choose to rank him -- he could be a Kam Chancellor-esque safety who boasts great size and intensity to the position, or he could emulate Lavonte David who thrives as a weakside linebacker in Tampa Bay's Cover 2 defense."

Scouts tend to disagree with you. He's not a supreme athlete but he plays with such aggression and fire that it doesn't matter how fast he is on the metrics and statistics side of the ball, and he's a natural playmaker. He's always around the ball.

Umm, I agree exactly with the scouts. He's an OLB or pure box safety like Chancellor. Kam is not good in coverage but he gets away with because he has Earl Thomas behind him. We don't have Earl. No one has Earl except Seattle.

[imminent rogaine]

1 hour ago, Riverboat Ron said:

Imagine if we had "spooky" interest.

unnerving? malevolent?

[Toker Smurf]

23 minutes ago, carolina-chuck2 said:

Shaq ran a 4.64

Chancellor ran a 4.69

Yep. And Shaq is plenty fast, many said RB may have been his best position. Roman Harper ran a 4.65 40 at his pro day. What do you think he was running last year? He was still adequate (mostly).

[tiger7_88]

42 minutes ago, Bartin said:

Shaq is a LB and was drafted to play LB. He was slow for a safety. He has average long speed for a LB, but has elite times in the agility drills. Cravens has about the same speed as Shaq, but not nearly the same burst and change of direction and we'd be playing Cravens at a position that requires more speed and agility. He's a worse version of Shaq and we didn't even consider Shaq at SS.

Is Roman Harper faster and more agile than Shaq? 

[top dawg]

34 minutes ago, Kevin Greene said:

We need someone who can post up against Gronkowski in Super Bowl 51.

 

25 minutes ago, carolina-chuck2 said:

Actually, we need someone that can cover Gronk AND Bennett...just sayin'.

It would seem to me that adding Cravens would only help. Keanu Neal might help too.

[Bartin]

Just now, tiger7_88 said:

Is Roman Harper faster and more agile than Shaq? 

Probably not, but do you not recall all the bitching about Roman being awful in coverage?

[SOJA]

Gettleman's philosophy

1- rush the passer

2- run the ball

3- stop the run

 

this guy definitely fits the bill for number 3, Rivera likes having a big bodied safety- this could very well be our second round pick boys and girls 

[Bartin]

10 minutes ago, Cam El said:

Yep. And Shaq is plenty fast, many said RB may have been his best position. Roman Harper ran a 4.65 40 at his pro day. What do you think he was running last year? He was still adequate (mostly).

Source for Roman running a 4.65? Everything I've seen shows a 4.5 flat.