Thread: Pisa not the same as Boulware
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Old -18-02-2005
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Re: Pisa not the same as Boulware
A player's 40 time is only one piece in the puzzle when judging the player's ability at a given position. Hence the term "game speed" vs track speed. If a guy starts off going in the wrong direction, it doesn't matter what his 40 time is. If a DB is out of position he will likely get beat--sure there are a few guys who ( Deion S. comes to mind ) who have extremely rare speed and the instincts to exploit that speed by appearing to be out of position, baiting the QB to throw in their direction. That said, I will take instincts over timed 40 speed 9 times out of 10. Tinoisamoa has the needed instincts and I would guess his speed is more than adequate to play the SS position.

Obviously the Rams need help at the LB position--lots of it! Pisa was our best LB last year. As has been mentioned earlier in this thread -- the whole switcheroo could be a smoke screen, however if it isn't, I for one would love to see Pisa have the opportunity to make the switch. As for moving Arch to free safety--that is kind of scary...


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