all that goes back to the "is it Capers/Whitt or the talent debate." There really isn't much to debate about Waters, he hasn't played a snap as a CB at the college level or the pro level that I know of, yet this could be his 3rd year in the league. Like I said many posts ago, I don't expect much and hearing Joe Whitt say that he is intrigued by Waters doesn't change that perception one bit for me. Sounds more like a coach trying to use a PS spot in the hopes of being able to eventually put a feather in his cap of "I turned another UDFA WR into a CB." I really hope I am wrong.
I think we've had a lot of pretty good DB play in GB, just lots of really bad at times poor play in recent memory. Gunter would be fine as 4th, 5th option with healthy guys around him to cover his weaknesses. he's not a starting #1 guy, which is pretty much the role we had to play him in. But Even randall was pretty good, when he was healthy. Good Rookie season, injured and poor 2nd and rough first quarter but then very solid 3/4 of 3rd season. I think Rollins is very tough to call one way or the other. Raw coming in, pretty good rookie season. exceptional according to some 3rd party reviewers. Then injured and an entire season missed again last year. I'll be surprised to see him play here anymore, but it's not like we can make a fair assesment other than to say he hasn't worked out well. But that doesn't mean he didn't have talent.
Maybe you should look for more next time.
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"He’s further along at this point than I thought he would be," Whitt said last June, after Waters hurt his shoulder the first time. "I hate that he got hurt; hopefully he’ll be ready for training camp. If he is, he’s going to give (all the other cornerbacks trouble). He has that ability in his body that, don’t be surprised, like I told you in ’09 about Tramon (Williams), I said that Tramon was the best cover guy that we had, I think you thought I was crazy at the time, but at the end of the year and going into ’10, he was. This kid has that type of ability. He does."
Sounds like Whitt is intrigued by Waters potential?
Yup, read that too...again this is nothing more than more of what Whitt said in the article I posted, not based on actual playing time. I get it, he sees potential in an UDFA WR that he is attempting to convert to a CB. What do you expect him to say? "He kind of sucks, I see a lot of Terrell Buckley in this guy." Do you often hear coaches talk about how bad a player is? Coaches saw potential in Jeff Janis becoming a WR during the 4 years he was in Green Bay. Sometimes these things work out and sometimes they don't. When Waters gets some playing time as a CB we can actually have an intelligent conversation about his skills, until then all we are talking about is what Joe Whitt, you or I "think" could happen.
Right, but wherever he goes, I imagine he is still going to have to compete for a job, but probably an easier task with many other teams and not with a team that just used a 5th rounder on a punter. It also gives him a leg up, so to speak, on getting with the other teams long snapper and kicker to practice that aspect of the game. But as far as the pure punting aspect, he can prove that anywhere.
