An In-Depth Look at the Chicago Bears' Most Intriguing Selection, Adrian Amos

[Xuder O'Clam]

I'm sensing a prior personal dislike between biff and Ross Read.

 

[Bearly]

he was the 8th safety taken.

like the langford pick i really don't understand people's inability to grasp the idea of 4th and 5th round picks. with very very few exceptions, you're not getting high caliber starting players after the first 3 rounds. they all have issues, some major. the impact players who fall to later in the draft almost always do so for reasons of character or injury.

so looking at amos as a 5th round pick, he's tremendous value. does he have holes in his game? yes. but he's also got abilities that many safeties drafted above him do not have. that doesn't mean he's going to be an all-pro safety. but when looking at 5th round picks, if you can get a player who contributes on special teams, it's a good pick.

it seems like a lot of people really wanted brett hundley for some reason and were pissed that we picked actual NFL capable players instead of some crappy quarterback prospect who can't read a defense to save his life.

Correct but the 2nd projected FS which is our greater need.

 

[Bearly]

and not anus...

 

[dawags]

This is starting to sound a lot like Hardin.

 

[BearsFan51]

There's a major discrepancy in Amos' 40- time from the combine 4.56 to his pro day 4.39. That's also a pretty big consideration when evaluating him.

 

[TheDane]

There's a major discrepancy in Amos' 40- time from the combine 4.56 to his pro day 4.39. That's also a pretty big consideration when evaluating him.

Penn State-OT Donovan Smith, that ended up being a high 2nd round pick for the Buccaneers, also ran a MUCH better 40 at his pro day (4.98) compared to his combine (5.27). So it seems as though they have a really fast track.

 

[WindyCity]

There is part of me that wants to start him along with White, Goldman and Grasu and just live with the growing pains.

It really pissed me off how the young guys got less run last season as it fell apart.

Ferguson
Sutton
Leno

All should have seen increased time.

 

[botfly10]

Folks are missing the most interesting part of that whole article. It's not Amos. It's Fangio:

"Dashon Goldson was a fourth-round pick who developed into a good safety under Fangio. He struggled once he left Fangio and took big bucks down in Tampa Bay. Fangio's system makes slightly above average free safeties play to a Pro Bowl level."

 

[hyatt151]

Most Intriguing Selection, Adrian Amos


https://youtu.be/_61IZp_RNYg

 

[Sagbear]

Folks are missing the most interesting part of that whole article. It's not Amos. It's Fangio:

"Dashon Goldson was a fourth-round pick who developed into a good safety under Fangio. He struggled once he left Fangio and took big bucks down in Tampa Bay. Fangio's system makes slightly above average free safeties play to a Pro Bowl level."

Exactly, we have coaches now who can actually coach and turn potential into production.

 

[BearsFan51]

Folks are missing the most interesting part of that whole article. It's not Amos. It's Fangio:

"Dashon Goldson was a fourth-round pick who developed into a good safety under Fangio. He struggled once he left Fangio and took big bucks down in Tampa Bay. Fangio's system makes slightly above average free safeties play to a Pro Bowl level."

It's not Fangio's system, it's the pass rush that makes safeties look better than they otherwise would. There's nothing drastically different between Fangio's system and Lovie Smith 's defense. It's not as if the safeties have less ground to cover, if anything a blitz heavy attack (which the system is not) would put more pressure on the safeties. There's the same type of zone coverages, same man to man coverages, it's simply a different front.

The pass rush has to be there or your safeties will be exposed. Seattle dominates because they get more pressure per pass attempt than any team in the NFL.

The hope is McPhee, Young and Houston will get enough of a pass rush to lessen the coverage burden on the entire secondary.

 

[nwfisch]

. There's nothing drastically different between Fangio's system and Lovie Smith 's defense.

:aj:

 

[Major Ursa]

I'm still Fangio can polish our 4th round turd from last year. If he can turn Amos or Vereen into a player, I'd be thrilled. I have some hopes for my boy Vereen still.