I knew this would devolve into a KK debate, which is pointless and not related to OP's post. Focusing on Powell and Harris, I think they're going to be more than good enough. I think we will be pleasantly surprised there, barring injury. It's our depth that has me super concerned. And of course, having moved Powell back to Safety, we're now relying on Brown to take a big step at Nickel, which is another area of concern.
You're trying to keep a thread on the rails when we can talk about Kinchens, who is no longer here and doesn't impact the season that is starting in 3 weeks in any capacity, for the 17,000th time? ******* balls on you, man. Egregious.
I've said this in a few threads now. I am fully confident Porter will be a good player this year. I am pretty confident Powell will be a good player here. But we will be in a 5 DB (or more) look a lot this year. First of all, because that's almost the base defense. And secondly, because I expect the offense to be lights out and have teams playing catch-up most of the season.
So I feel good about 2 of the 5. Can we find 3 other kids we can count on, plus some depth? Harris, Williams, Hill, Brown, Stafford, Patterson, Richard. Those are likely the kids who will make up the first group that will yield those 3 spots. Who takes control of them?
My money is on Hill at boundary, Brown at nickel, and Harris at Safety. But there is some versatility here. For example, as we get later in the year, you can probably put Patterson at Safety with Harris, and let Powell play nickel. Hill can probably take some nickel snaps. Richard can play Safety or corner, although I like him a lot more at Safety. There is some talent here, but it's definitely uncertain. IMO it'd be MASSIVE though if Hill can really solidify that CB2 spot. It makes fitting these pieces so much easier if we can count on 2 corners, along with Powell. Guidry and Jackson can figure it out from there.
