Should Nick Scott be a starter in 2022?

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RamFan503

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Uhhh not quite?
There was a flag on the play.If the Refs don’t pick it up IMO there is another out come to that game.
Fuller was hurt,but should be ready for the season.Burgees is another player.That hit in the SuperBowl Goff

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So Ram

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Yeah- think I fell a sleep.Goff must be implanted in my spell check.

Scott was coming up & making some big plays as a starter.Now that I’m thinking about it,that first pass to Chase where he almost scored against Jalen RAMsey must have scared the baJesus out of him.He was not coming up like he did against the 9ers or TB.
The question if he should start? Fuller is the smarter or be in space reading plays.Nick Scott is the harder hitter & faster.
 

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I am afraid Burgess was a miss. He's got all the tools for playing over the top but not the mentality. If he did have it he would have been starting by now. Our safeties were inconsistent all season and we saw in the playoffs what his value was when they had to bring Weddle in to clean that shit up.

Will say again we need a ballhawk at safety. I don't even care if his run defense is iffy. We have plenty of guys who can come up and run support, where we're short is the coverage/anticipation side playing deep. It's a pretty big need because Morris plays enough Cover 3 looks to where one of these guys has to be able to cycle into it and lock shit down. Ideally an anchor type around which you move your coverages post-snap and who can keep everyone lined up so having some leadership would be nice too.

Re: corner we also need a ballhawk here. Ramsey's great and all with his erasing ability in coverage and helping out vs the run but he's got shitty ball awareness and iffy hands. Teams are going to test him more and more as he ages, it's the nature of the game, and his ball skills improving would help him stave that off if he were to focus on it IMO. But outside of that we need CB2/3 INT threat. They're gonna get thrown at and beat at times so why not ensure you at least have good ball awareness to add turnovers in our favor.
Couldn't agree more. My early off-season needs in the draft forum were safety and corner. It became obvious by November. The corner depth on this team are all small guys that struggle to tackle or cover bigger players. Injuries are inevitable. Those players eventually play, like we saw later in the year.

I think Burgess is a flop too. Its ashame. I had high hopes for him. I've long wanted the Rams to find a ball hawking safety, unfortunately those players often get picked early. Maybe Morris will have more input in this area after a full season coaching the defense.

Here is another obvious situation. The Rams lack high football IQ on the back end. It showed when Weddle came on. Guys like Scott and Long instantly upped their game. I didn't see them play that well with Fuller as the leader of the DBs.