Why Johnson over McCray
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getnasty":1v4vau5a said:
Yea, I thought that was interesting. Eleven snaps in the defensive backfield. Jeron just jumped right back in there. Remarable.
DeAndre Elliott continues to get some spot looks on defense.
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hawkfan68
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I think that was a huge mistake. They should have put Johnson in for Terrell and McCray for Kam. Maybe that 80 yard TD doesn't happen. Terrible Terrell is at it again, the worst safety in the NFL. He reminds me of Etric Pruitt (Pruitt was a rookie, Terrell is not) remember SBXL. That Pruitt.
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Jville":1kx6tkvg said:
It was interesting. Maybe wanted to give him some game reps. Dunno.
Elliot looked like he was covering pretty capably, on the few plays I could see.
hawkfan68
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getnasty":18iazqui said:
Yup...there's a reason he's only played 3 games in a 4 year NFL career with three NFL teams.
hawkfan68":y4i39pua said:
:177692: That just isn't the case.
Jeron Johnson does not possess the foot speed to play sideline to sideline as a single high free safety. Jeron remains a solid special teams player and backup strong safety.
Steven Terrell is the backup free safety and special teams contributor now temporarily serving as a starter during the absence of Earl Thomas. That is the same role Chris Maragos served in prior to his departure to Philadelphia and Terrell's arrival in Seattle.
hawkfan68
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Jville":gwtrdow6 said:
What's not the case? Here's link Terrell's bio page on Seahawks.com http://www.seahawks.com/team/players/roster/steven-terrell
He's been the league since 2013.
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We knew what we had in McCray. We still probably needed to understand what we have in Johnson. I know it is not the time or place to put him in the frying pan at this juncture, but sometimes you just have to let him learn. Sometimes it is not the player that cooks....but the team that fries. Do you want a burger with that?
hawkfan68":13a8s2s6 said:
I was responding to your Jeron Johnson statement in the first of your posts. Jeron Johnson is not a free safety. IIRC Jeron has always been a strong safety ....... and Steven Terrell has been looked at primarily as a free safety in a similar role to Chris Maragos before him. This is an attempt to remind that the skill requirements at free safety and strong safety are different in this current defense.
P.S. Steven Terrell is scheduled to get the start Sunday at free safety.
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Jville":2xz23b7q said:
Ok. That makes sense. I forgot that Johnson was Kam's backup during his early days here. I was thinking he was backup for ET but you're correct, that was Maragos.
What I find weird is I felt like McCray has played well in Kam's absents. I understand wanting to see what Johnson has to offer but that game certainly isn't the time you want to find that out. Could just be Johnson in his short time back has earned that spot just seemes a bit odd to me.
getnasty":3o49wptz said:
As a speculative exercise .....
It may be that Kelcie McCray is not an exact or exclusive match for either safety position. As I recall, they treated him differently in that they viewed him as someone that could back up and fill in at either safety position. It is possible that Jeron was the designated backup at strong safety and Kelcie was the designated backup at free safety. Tyvis Powell has been inactive for multiple weeks.
