Tale Of The Tape: Free Safety

[Captain Morgan]

a better front seven will help our secondary a lot this year. I love the free agent signings, but they

weren't elite or anything.

I'm thinking our entire defense is going to be vastly improved and surprise a lot of people this year.

Last year, just too much confusion and injury, new coaches....this year, I could see us getting twice as

better statistically.

[frash.exe]

i don't really get overly excited about the deke cooper-caliber safeties we keep bringing in until they actually make the plays on the field when it counts and neither should you people

[Achilles]

Those measurables matter, but what I think matters more is the mental side of it. Let's face it, up to now Nakamura has been around great defensive leaders and coaches. He has been the understudy of one of the best safeties of the era. Meanwhile Martin has had to learn 2 systems, and his mentor is Godfrey...come on! Martin's learning curve his high as a result. He's played a lot of snaps so maybe experience does count for something.

My thinking is that Nakamura has the advantage of being on a successful, winning team. He's been developing in situations where he can succeed. Martin has been put in a lot of positions where he can't really succeed. He was thrust into a starting position before he was ready. Nak is a good player and will contribute on special teams. This will be Martins first year of a full offseason under Rivera and McDermott. Nakamura's too.

This is going to be an interesting competition going into training camp.

I actually think the coaches have it right with Martin in the starting spot as of now. Its Nakamura's position to win.

[CRA]

I want to see a comparison of their blown coverage and missed tackle stats...

I haven't anointed Nakamura, but he has been Ed Reed's understudy for several years so I'm hoping some of that rubbed off on him. At worst, he's a ST stud and will be able to make major contributions in that phase of the game.

Been broken down before...

Godfrey misses more tackles than Martin.... consistantly. PFF also consistatly rates Godfrey worse in coverage

[csx]

PFF has Godfrey with 18 missed tackes and Martin with 15.....tied for 3rd and 5th most respectively. They have Godfrey as one of their worst safeties overall and Martin is rated better but not that much better.

They are both terrible.

[CRA]

PFF has Godfrey with 18 missed tackes and Martin with 15.....tied for 3rd and 5th most respectively. They have Godfrey as one of their worst safeties overall and Martin is rated better but not that much better.

They are both terrible.

Problem remains people bash Martin and act like Godfrey has things under control. Both were issues last year.....Godfrey has been an issue his entire career

[csx]

Problem remains people bash Martin and act like Godfrey has things under control. Both were issues last year.....Godfrey has been an issue his entire career

I've felt that the safety position has been the weakest part of the defense for a while. It's almost like they are non-existent.