Alexander

[Andrew]

I watched DA extra closely on Saturday and also watched some old film from the previous 2 games and I don't get why he's highly criticized by some here. He's been solid back there for us time in time out. Just wondering what others see in him that's so negative.

[Opus]

Re: Alexander

I watched DA extra closely on Saturday and also watched some old film from the previous 2 games and I don't get why he's highly criticized by some here. He's been solid back there for us time in time out. Just wondering what others see in him that's so negative.

He's far less of a liability at safety than he was at corner, where he was penciled in to begin with.

[Beerfish]

Re: Alexander

He's far less of a liability at safety than he was at corner, where he was penciled in to begin with.

Exactly. The reason he was criticized before? He was picked on and got burned every game I watched him play corner for the Riders. The Esks turfed most of our NI safeties because they seemed determined to play an Import there and then we have a NI at the spot and Hill back where he belongs.

[Eskimo_RoB]

Re: Alexander

Hill has also played a bit of safety this year.

[adb]

Re: Alexander

Exactly. The reason he was criticized before? He was picked on and got burned every game I watched him play corner for the Riders. The Esks turfed most of our NI safeties because they seemed determined to play an Import there and then we have a NI at the spot and Hill back where he belongs.

Wonder if that would put us in a precarious position if DA were to get hurt during a game. Who would his backup be? Is it a NI? If not then how would they rearrange things vis-a-vis the ratio?

[GreenNHung]

Re: Alexander

Wonder if that would put us in a precarious position if DA were to get hurt during a game. Who would his backup be? Is it a NI? If not then how would they rearrange things vis-a-vis the ratio?

You can have Richardson back please, the guy is just way too slow from what i have seen at practice - take him back please. Also, isn't Borhot (sp) teamless?

[adb]

Re: Alexander

You can have Richardson back please, the guy is just way too slow from what i have seen at practice - take him back please. Also, isn't Borhot (sp) teamless?

Well if speed is your concern then perhaps you guys should be giving borhot a look...seriously...from what I recall he's suppossed to have pretty good speed although he has been a bit brittle. Wonder if ER would be big enough to play in the LB corp with you guys? He seemed to be a great hitter and smart enough but speed seems to definitely be an issue with him.

[GreenNHung]

Re: Alexander

Well if speed is your concern then perhaps you guys should be giving borhot a look...seriously...from what I recall he's suppossed to have pretty good speed although he has been a bit brittle. Wonder if ER would be big enough to play in the LB corp with you guys? He seemed to be a great hitter and smart enough but speed seems to definitely be an issue with him.

That is the only unit that is playing well for us, no way he cracks our lb core. Even as bad as we are right now, ER is not good enough to start, ST player at best.

[danlaurin]

Re: Alexander

Wonder if that would put us in a precarious position if DA were to get hurt during a game. Who would his backup be? Is it a NI? If not then how would they rearrange things vis-a-vis the ratio?

I would expect they would try Hugo Lopez there. He is a natural shutdown corner but if he is still around I am sure Stubler likes him enough to try him.

[GreatWhiteNorth]

Re: Alexander

Wonder if that would put us in a precarious position if DA were to get hurt during a game. Who would his backup be? Is it a NI? If not then how would they rearrange things vis-a-vis the ratio?

It's all going to depend on the timing and what else is going on with the roster at the time I suspect. Hill could drop back to safety, but with Davis out, and the current lack of roster depth at LB, that's unlikely right now. Delroy Clarke is a guy that Stubler is familiar with and might be a little ahead of Lopez in terms of development at this point, so he'd likely be the natural one to watch for. With Cornell starting at LB (and playing well I might add) it's also possible to see Pittman back at Safety, presuming that he's not being dressed as a Designated Import. With the way that they're using Pittman on blitzes, I think they could be looking at him for some SAM potential at some point, or at least, like Hill, as a guy that offers some flexibility that way.

[Red Dog]

Re: Alexander

I would think Pittman would be the man.