Quote Originally Posted by Todd4State View Post
You could make a strong argument that Coman and Market aren't SEC ready either based on their missed tackles and being out of position themselves.

Don't be Dan Mullen concrete. That's why I said play BOTH Coman and Peters at the same time. Coman knows the plays (allegedly) and Peters has the athleticism to make plays- and actually HAS made plays when given the rare opportunity. It doesn't have to be Coman and Market or Peters and Bryant/McLaurin.

Just like Shumpert and Lee- I don't think Shumpert shouldn't play. But I do think that Lee should play and be used more than he has.

But let's continue to demand perfection from the freshmen while at the same time giving the upperclassmen a complete pass for mistakes. Despite the fact that the freshmen continue to make plays and despite the fact that the SEC is run heavy this year given the struggles of Bama, Auburn, Arkansas, Mizzou and most other on our schedule other than Ole Miss and Texas A&M- making for the PERFECT time to play freshmen safeties moreso than any other time in years.
Look we are not going to agree. They are not ready. Even C34, who is a big proponent of Mullen playing more of our younger guys right now see's it. He is with you mostly but they are not ready and he is saying the same thing. Not demanding perfection at all. Just don't limit what we can call defensively and from the safety position. Heck the number of all world 5 star safety's from complex high schools that actually start from day one is probably less than 30%. Which means only a few a year at these big programs you keep talking about playing freshman. It's very few at the safety position from day one. LSU needed safety help last year and Allen didn't get heavily involved until what? 6-7 games in. And another thing what have our safety's given up this year in big plays? Yeah yeah I know competition level. Of which the freshman screwed up much bigger than anything Coman and Market have this year. But at least we have kept it in check so far. We are at 100 yards less per game this year compared to last so far. I don't expect it stays that way but for other than injuries, God forbid, they both are not out there heavily against Auburn or A & M unless they make big steps. May be they will and they show out. I think it's only a matter of time. Just not sure that it's not really next year or late this before that point. Which is very much par for the course for most highly rated safety's across the country.