Cold, Hard Facts About Our Defense

[IronHog]

Should have been Joe Adams. PERIOD. Also, I believe McFadden could have been an AMAZING safety, but can find no fault with playing him at RB instead.

But you're point is spot on, Arkansas (the state) doesn't have enough strong, fast athletes to put players on both sides of the ball, so the ones that we do produce usually play offense in high school, and then college, if that's where they go.

Myself, I'm hoping Jordan Jones get's converted to DB, I think he could be a good one.

Good point and true on those two guys.


Both probably projected better in the NFL as DBs despite being very good offensive players.

[Aporkalypse Now]

Good point and true on those two guys.


Both probably projected better in the NFL as DBs despite being very good offensive players.

Joe Adams for sure did. He may have been a cheater but when Pete Carrol tells you "son I'll mold you into an NFL all Pro corner" and you insist on playing wide receiver, you dumb.

[Oklahawg]

Winston was off the charts physically but appeared to put out little effort....

You'll note I did not mention Winston.

Should have been Joe Adams. PERIOD. Also, I believe McFadden could have been an AMAZING safety, but can find no fault with playing him at RB instead.

But you're point is spot on, Arkansas (the state) doesn't have enough strong, fast athletes to put players on both sides of the ball, so the ones that we do produce usually play offense in high school, and then college, if that's where they go.

Myself, I'm hoping Jordan Jones get's converted to DB, I think he could be a good one.

McFadden was one of the elite RBs of all time. Hard to suggest he should have played a different postion. I do remember vividly the banter about him being a safety.

Adams and Wright both had questionable hands. Might have benefited from at least being threatened with a move to defense. Both did enough with the ball in their hands to justify playing where they played.

Your point with those examples is noted: not enough talent to get both offensive and defensive prospects with elite speed.

[Aporkalypse Now]

You'll note I did not mention Winston.

McFadden was one of the elite RBs of all time. Hard to suggest he should have played a different postion. I do remember vividly the banter about him being a safety.

Adams and Wright both had questionable hands. Might have benefited from at least being threatened with a move to defense. Both did enough with the ball in their hands to justify playing where they played.

Your point with those examples is noted: not enough talent to get both offensive and defensive prospects with elite speed.

Yep, you'll remember what Pete Carroll publicly said at about that time " I only take out of state players when I feel like they are future first round draft picks" that's tough bro. Arkansas doesn't have that luxury of instate talent to choose from, and once in awhile when they DO come along, they are gong to have to, some of them, be convinced to play defense.

I agree , both Adams and McFadden did enough on offense that a person can't criticize the coach who chose to play them there, and in Adams case, I have no doubt that it is true that Adams wasn't coming to Arkansas without a promise of playing WR.

[MasterChiefHog]

Rob Smith is in his 2nd year. Let him get his defense in place. A full defense recruited by him to play his way will be EPIC for us! Go Hogs.

[jbcarol]

David Morrison ‏@DavidCMorrison Nov 25

MU ran 19 plays with its starting line in the game against Tennessee, for 14 yards and an interception.

Arkansas has given up a ton of huge plays in the pass game (21 for 30 or more), but Missouri has shown all season, really, that it's a team that has to grind defenses down in order to score. They'll only hit on about 3-4 20-plus yard plays a game. So I don't know that I see that changing against Arkansas. They're going to have to try and control the clock, grind out 2 or 3 scoring drives and hope to win in the 17-14 range, I'd think.