Safeties

[Jn4heisman]

Is anyone else concerned with the Safety Postion? I know that Isaiah will have 1 spot and who will have the other? Milton and Golden are good on special teams but are not proven on D. Could Holton stay healthy and be a factor? Besides the Safety postion, I feel really confident about our defense!

 

[BainbridgeJacket]

#1 will be much improved this season. His problems areas are areas of focus with the new staff and he came on toward the end of the season. I expect him to have a good season. Holton needs to be able to lock up the other position because Golden really struggled early last year. I think both Golden and Milton have the skillset to be really good, but there's been so much buzz about Holton that I want to see what he can do.

 

[CuseJacket]

I remember hearing a lot of buzz about Lynn Griffin as well. I think there will be good competition at the safety spot and it will get sorted out quickly.

 

[GTFan62]

I hope Holton can stay healthy this year.

 

[SoCal_GT_Fan]

per the depth chart (http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools...to_pdf/2013-14/depth_chart_non_event/1111.pdf), Chris Milton seems to be slated to start next to Johnson with Demond Smith/Fred Holton as the back-up.

I figure that the depth chart for this position is pretty fluid so I'm assuming this will keep changing til the season starts.

 

[Eric]

Milton is going to be a good one.

Golden has put in a ton of work.

 

[Jn4heisman]

Eric who do you think gets the other Safety spot next to Johnson?

 

[forensicbuzz]

Johnson better step up or he won't be the one starting. I agree he came on when the defense was simplified last year. He's more of a "play football" guy than a "try to figure it all out" guy. He was probably hurt the most by Groh's style (at least of the kids already playing). I see Holton stepping out this year.

Speaking of Holton, would he be a candidate for a medical redshirt. I'm pretty sure his redshirt was used while injured and he had a second year lost to injury. Those are typically the scenarios I've heard leading to a medical redshirt. Obviously, you don't apply for the medical redshirt until your eligibility is used up, but anyone have an opinion?

 

[xenoabe]

Milton is crazy fast so if he gets his assignments down pat he can make up a lot of ground quickly. I'm hoping that leads to some turnovers going the other way.

Let's all keep in mind that the 4-3 should hopefully [fingers crossed] add more pressure from the line which should make the already good secondary that much better.

 

[Eric]

I have Johnson and Milton starting at S.

Holton will get more time as the year goes on.