#2 CB for Sunday

[MadHatter]

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I hope to see a lot of Sherrod Martin on Sunday

Only way I want to see Martin a lot is if they keep showing our sideline......

[SOJA]

cb and wr are our biggest needs heading into next year's draft (assuming Gettis does not return to full health)

[Digibuc]

You want comedy? Ok. How bout this.

Somebody make a tampon mascot suit and wear it to the game and pass out free Tampax tampons. They will be easy to spot, they all should have red on and be really irritable.

Why somebody else? Why not you?

Because you are a douche tryng to prove your worth to the huddle vets so you can shed your camwagon fan label...lol

[Raskle]

That's my worry. However, if it DOES, you still don't push the issue. Don't want to ruin him by throwing him to the wolves. He'll have to face some good receivers in this season in the limited role he'll play. Don't want to throw potential pro-bowl caliber guys at him too soon. Sure, he faced Smitty all camp. Sure, he held his own for a young guy. However, we have to let his progression come naturally. Let him get the feel for what he's doing. I'm sure when he's in he'll be playing a hook zone, a quarter zone, or man and that's about it. Very simple stuff. Don't want him worrying about where he ends up in rolling coverage in the 4-3 and stuff like that (from what I can tell, we mix it up a lot as far as who plays robber in our 4-3 look).

With all respect, If they did this with Cam, Keek, Silo, and others... why not Norman too? You don't think Keek will be facing incredible TEs, or Silo will be taking on DTs that could have a shot at the probowl? Or that Cam, when asked to start the season last year, would have delivered anything short of the incredible performance that he did?

Not trying to be snarky or attack anyone here, but we're about to toss those two rookies into the deep end, and we asked for and had delivered the world by Cam last year. So, why not get the guy onto the field who, just by physical measurables, is an automatic upgrade over the incumbent starter? My personal experience is that I prefer being thrown into the fire, rather than be molly-coddled and brought along "slowly." From all that I've heard out of camp, I feel that Norman has the same mindset; that he has the type of personality that lives for challenges... and hurdles them.

[Raskle]

Whoever your #2 is, Mike Williams will pwn him like the Bucs pwn the panties.

The panthers secondary must get high before games because the way Sanchez and the jets ripped through them, they looked stoned, slow, and scared.

There's a specific forum for this kind of crap. If you'd like to talk football, by all means stick around. If all you want to do is trash talk, take it to the correct place to do so.

Don't be that annoying guy who can't tell the difference between the forums.

[WolfpackRob]

It's fairly simple. Coverages change in the nickel. Captain can get by with 3-over/3-under coverages. In the nickel though, you'd rather have Norman playing man, quarters, etc.

And you're basically right. I think it's about breaking Norman in slowly. Give him a limited role and keep it simple on him when he gets in on certain packages. If he shows out and proves himself, you give him more. Captain slips up and if Norman can play the boundary well, he will eventually earn the #2 spot.

Captain will start but I wish he wouldn't even play, let alone start. He's one of the worst CBs in the league, period. I'd rather see Norman and Thomas get time ahead of him. On 3rd downs or in big moments Captain is always targeted by opposing teams. Similar to the way teams run at Fua when he's in the game. It's time to move on.

[RevJ]

I am replying after only reading the first page.

That's because it's the first page of a topic I can remember in a while where people actually discussed football, added some humor, and nobody found it necessary to talk about how stupid the post/poster, etc. was.

I'll read the rest now and see how long it continues.