Doug LaMaurice

We were having this conversation, right?

In 2014, what's Darren Lee?

Well, Darren Lee is like a Sam linebacker, a strong side linebacker, but they also called him the walkout backer that year with Chris Ashe, which is like a backer who has to be able to cover.

And then what's the difference between Dante Wittner and...

Darren Lee and Pete Werner and...

caleb downs it's like but you like not like not that much because what can they all do they all take your head off and they all also have the speed and agility to cover you so like i don't i don't know and then like even jordan hancock grew into that like like jordan hancock in 2024 he still might be the ideal guy that i think of that that he was stout enough that you he absolutely he came from the corner room

He can cover, no doubt about it.

But you don't have to take him off the field because you know that he's physical enough to help against the run and do that.

But then also, if you go to a dime, you keep him on the field and drop him back as a deep safety, too.

Or even if you're not in dime, he can do all three of those.

Stop the run, cover in the slot, play deep safety.

I can't get away from that.

Maybe I don't want to get away from that.

I think Jordan Hancock was a great player.

And then it's like, what ends up happening with me a lot is, are we sure the guy now in that spot can cover well enough?

And that's where part of my curiosity comes from.

If we're thinking about these four safeties who can play any of the three looks, do any of those four safeties really have that part of the coverage skill set that you're looking for that you automatically get if that star guy comes out of the corner room?

And that's, I have screenshots.

You're going to kill me.

Don't kill me.