Q&A with Miami Dolphins Coach Tony Sparano Q&A
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Sceetoforum_veteranOPPretty good read:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/football/pro/dolphins/sfl-miami-dolphins-tony-sparano-s050509,0,7476718.story
(On if Vontae Davis and Sean Smith looked like two top picks during the draft) "I thought so. They moved their feet really well during the course of this thing. They competed hard. They are both physical and strong. They got their hands on a couple of footballs and made some plays back here. Those are some of the things you look for overall in this process.
(On how difficult it is to find cornerbacks with both size and speed) "I think it is pretty difficult. . One of the things that we thought was staggering in the draft this year and even last year a little bit was the amount of small corners. It has been our philosophy a little bit more to have bigger corners. It is hard to find them. I think we look at both these two guys (Vontae Davis and Sean Smith) and thought that both of them were big enough. Sean is certainly big enough and Vontae is big enough and both of them are big enough."
(On if anyone stood out as picking up stuff to him) "I thought defensively a guy who I think did a good job out there besides the two corners was Chris Clemons. He is a safety getting people lined up back there all of the time.
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SICKforum_veterani am loving the chris clemons pick!!! cant wait to watch this guy play
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(On how difficult it is to find cornerbacks with both size and speed) "I think it is pretty difficult. When you look at the draft and you look at this year's draft. One of the things that we thought was staggering in the draft this year and even last year a little bit was the amount of small corners. It has been our philosophy a little bit more to have bigger corners. It is hard to find them. I think we look at both these two guys (Vontae Davis and Sean Smith) and thought that both of them were big enough. Sean is certainly big enough and Vontae is big enough and both of them are big enough."
I agree with this comment above. This years cornerback class was frustrating to watch because of a couple of reasons. Watching the DB's this past season in college football, I couldn't believe how many of them playing loose/off coverage. They almost never played bump and run. Further, I was disappointed in how many were not (great) contributors when playing the run. I saw that Sean Smith was one of the few that actually did both of those well, which is why I had him rated higher than other CB's. Vontae Davis I was skeptical about. I knew he could play the run well but it was a matter of doing it consistently; there were games where he would make several plays in run support and really help that Illini defense out but then other Saturdays where he made one play and then jogged as well as made circles around the ball carrier like he did in the Ohio State game. I thought that the reason Vontae Davis played very little bump and run coverage was because he lacked the long speed to run with wide receivers down field. I figured Ron Zook's coverage protected Davis' lack of long speed. I still feel that way.
cnc66luxury_boxThey have done better this year than ever about getting up the transcripts for all the pressers and interviews at Miami Dolphins dot com. They are going up with the videos, not the next day like in years past, which I like because I can never hear the questions to Coach. Just go to the toolbar at the bottopm of the header and click "news" a dropdown will offer "news archives" on the right, the pick your month when the page opens. Or, just bookmark this link; News Archives. This is an excellent resource that I use daily when the news is active.
It is the source of the Sun Sentinal information.
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