Interesting takeaway from Gus' interview is his talk of Sample as being able to come up to the box. I think a lot of us, even fans of other teams, assumed that we'd be looking at a FS...a single-high safety at that due to how the Seahawks use Earl Thomas. It was the natural assumption. Even the signing of Brown, a speedy FS, gave this impression. But when Gus talks about Sample, he talked about having two safeties who can come up. That he prefers that teams don't know which one of them will.

 

This is an interesting comment by Gus. The Jags used a bit of Cover 3 last season, with Evans at FS. I think a lot of us felt this was out of necessity because Evans isn't the type you'd want if you're going to play cover 1. But hearing what he had to say about Sample makes me think that the decision to run more Cover 3 last season was by design and not out of necessity.

 

This would, of course, explain the selection of Sample as opposed to the other CB->FS prospects.

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