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Godfrey:I'm full go

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I still don't understand the position change assuming we could have gotten him to renegotiate for a similar deal to remain our starting safety. Are you guys that confident that both Decoud and Harper will be better than Godfrey? I say we should have let them battle it out in camp, and brought in another experienced cb to compete for nickelback. Rivera seemed really high on Godfrey's game at safety before he got hurt, so it just doesn't make sense to me unless there's just something about his game that makes them think he could be a top-tier nickelback.

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I still don't understand the position change assuming we could have gotten him to renegotiate for a similar deal to remain our starting safety. Are you guys that confident that both Decoud and Harper will be better than Godfrey? I say we should have let them battle it out in camp, and brought in another experienced cb to compete for nickelback. Rivera seemed really high on Godfrey's game at safety before he got hurt, so it just doesn't make sense to me unless there's just something about his game that makes them think he could be a top-tier nickelback.

I think he has college experience at CB. Couple that with familiarity with the system and the new renegotiated contract coming off an injury thing it makes sense that he would get a shot.

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I think he has college experience at CB. Couple that with familiarity with the system and the new renegotiated contract coming off an injury thing it makes sense that he would get a shot.

 

Thanks for the reply. I still don't get it. Yes, he has college experience at CB, but he has pro experience at safety. And I don't see why his injury would make him any better at cb than safety. And my point was that we should be just as concerned about depth and competition at safety as we are at nickelback, so I don't see why we'd feel the need to give him "a shot" at nickelback. He was fine at safety, and right now, we don't have much behind two veterans who've never played in our system. That's why this move doesn't make sense to me unless they think he can be a top-tier nickelback for some reason. I hope he can.

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Thanks for the reply. I still don't get it. Yes, he has college experience at CB, but he has pro experience at safety. And I don't see why his injury would make him any better at cb than safety. And my point was that we should be just as concerned about depth and competition at safety as we are at nickelback, so I don't see why we'd feel the need to give him "a shot" at nickelback. He was fine at safety, and right now, we don't have much behind two veterans who've never played in our system. That's why this move doesn't make sense to me unless they think he can be a top-tier nickelback for some reason. I hope he can.

Maybe Godfrey prefers playing safety over cb.  He did play it in college.  Also playing corner could lengthen his career. It's the NFL....it's a physical game regardless, but safeties take a bit more punishment compared to a lot positions.

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Thanks for the reply. I still don't get it. Yes, he has college experience at CB, but he has pro experience at safety. And I don't see why his injury would make him any better at cb than safety. And my point was that we should be just as concerned about depth and competition at safety as we are at nickelback, so I don't see why we'd feel the need to give him "a shot" at nickelback. He was fine at safety, and right now, we don't have much behind two veterans who've never played in our system. That's why this move doesn't make sense to me unless they think he can be a top-tier nickelback for some reason. I hope he can.

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I think Lester and Boston are capable backups, being groomed to start. At Nickel, he can be used to line up against some bigger slower pass catchers, he might be ok in that role. he also could lay some pop on a blitz or 2. My only concern is him lining up against a speed and shifty slot wr, i think that might hurt him. He is pretty fast but i think he will do better in coverage of a bigger slower WR or TE. The thing is we dont know, so we will find out soon.

 

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I think Godfrey will be a very good Nickle back and he will have better coverage and in a larger area than Capt. Also I doubt Capt is really worried because he is getting paid to get burnt in Minny.

Why do people always feel the need to sh*t on former players as soon as they're off the team.

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Thanks for the reply. I still don't get it. Yes, he has college experience at CB, but he has pro experience at safety. And I don't see why his injury would make him any better at cb than safety. And my point was that we should be just as concerned about depth and competition at safety as we are at nickelback, so I don't see why we'd feel the need to give him "a shot" at nickelback. He was fine at safety, and right now, we don't have much behind two veterans who've never played in our system. That's why this move doesn't make sense to me unless they think he can be a top-tier nickelback for some reason. I hope he can.

 

To clarify, the injury comment was related to contract renegotiation being more favorable to the Panthers.  As far as the depth in both positions is concerned, I agree that the question marks are quite high for both.  The only thing I can speculate is that the coaches have evaluated Godfrey's strengths and weaknesses and concluded he has a better shot at contributing to the team as a nickelback rather than a safety.

 

It will be interesting

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