Matt Ware To Safety? Dawks Eventual Replacement?

[PhillyPhreak54]

From Spads;

The Eagles were pleased with the play of Donald Strickland as the third cornerback, and he'll likely stay in that role. Matt Ware? He's still the dime corner, but he's being used as a linebacker and it makes me wonder if he is earmarked for safety at some point in his career

I also liked what Strickland did yesterday. Other than that one jump ball that Plax beat him on I thought he played pretty solid. He stepped in and played better at CB than Dexter Wynn or Matt Ware have done here in two years which isn't excatly a good thing.

But the Ware-to-safety thing intrigues me. I saw them using him at safety quite a bit in TC and I think we discussed that possibility before.

But after seeing him not make strides as a CB I think there is more validity to the position switch talk than before. The one thing about Ware I like is that he hits people so he would be able to lay the lumber no problem

And Spads usually floats stuff like this when he has a tip from the staff.

So what are your thoughts on him moving and maybe even eventually being Dawkins' replacement at FS?

[General_Failure]

Sit Dawk now and see if the kid can do it.

[PhillyPhreak54]

I wouldn't sit Dawk now, but I would make the switch in the off-season and have him start 2006 fresh as a safety. That way they have their FS backup already and can concentrate on adding CB depth.

Sheppard
Brown
Hood (will he be back? He's a RFA and could get offers since he was a UDFA and would require no compensation to sign)
Strickland (if re-signed)
Wynn

If Wynn is cut (and he should be), if Ware goes to safety, if Hood is lured away and if Strickland isn't re-signed then that leaves Tito and Brown as our only CBs.

[General_Failure]

Roderick really needs to get a new deal. Three years, preferably. By that time we'll be sick of him and be well in to screaming for him to be gone.

[Don Ho]

I wouldn't sit Dawk now, but I would make the switch in the off-season and have him start 2006 fresh as a safety. That way they have their FS backup already and can concentrate on adding CB depth.

Sheppard
Brown
Hood (will he be back? He's a RFA and could get offers since he was a UDFA and would require no compensation to sign)
Strickland (if re-signed)
Wynn

If Wynn is cut (and he should be), if Ware goes to safety, if Hood is lured away and if Strickland isn't re-signed then that leaves Tito and Brown as our only CBs.

Which means we draft a CB.

[PhillyPhreak54]

They need to look at a CB anyways.

If Ware stays at CB then I am underwhelmed by him there. Plus Wynn stinks as a CB. So that would leave us with Sheppard, Brown, Hood and Strickland if the latter two are brought back.

[Don Ho]

There are a couple of big corners in the draft:

Jimmy Williams Va Tech 6-3 216

Michael Huff Texas 6-1 205

Williams is probably a top 10 pick but might still be there.  Good thing is there will be a bunch of top tier CB's available in round 2.

[PhillyPhreak54]

I'd like either one of those guys. Huff is like Ware in the sense that he's a S/CB guy.

But where they'll go is, like you said, pretty high and that is where I want a stud DE like Kiwanuka or Williams.

[SunMo]

Hood (will he be back? He's a RFA and could get offers since he was a UDFA and would require no compensation to sign)

that's only if they tender him the lowest possible one, correct?  they could tender him the middle one and that would require a 1st round pick if they really wanted to keep him.

[MURP]

moving Ware to safety is a last ditch attempt to salvage him from being another bust draft pick. 

[bobbyinlondon]

Hood (will he be back? He's a RFA and could get offers since he was a UDFA and would require no compensation to sign)

that's only if they tender him the lowest possible one, correct?  they could tender him the middle one and that would require a 1st round pick if they really wanted to keep him.

Correct, or they could trade him for less than a 1st--but NO LOWER than a 3rd.

[ice grillin you]

moving Ware to safety is a last ditch attempt to salvage him from being another bust draft pick

beat me to it

[Larry]

He should've been playing safety from the very beginning.  He's a tall, rangy guy (with outfielder skills via baseball), who doesn't have a lot of change-of-direction quickness--seems like a better fit at S than CB to me.

[ice grillin you]

hes to wirey and plays football like jon koncack played basketball to play safety...ware was a tweener from the jump and shouldnt have been drafted in the first place...slow and soft is no way to go thru life

[Feva]

But you manage it so well.