Ethan Skolnick reporting Week 1 vs Buffalo Jason Allen will start at CB

Sean Smith has been benched

The only surprise here is that it is Jason Allen and not Sapp. Smith has been on a downward spiral. Hope he gets his head straight soon.

It will be interesting to see how Jason Allen does. My take on him is that he can be phenomenal on one play and give up a long TD on the next. We'll see.

Sapp is the new nickle CB.

DolfanMike Wrote:
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> The only surprise here is that it is Jason Allen
> and not Sapp. Smith has been on a downward
> spiral. Hope he gets his head straight soon.
>

I knew when Smith was fighting with fans on TWITTER less than an hour after the Cowboys game the other night, that this kid's head isn't all there. I mean how immature is one that 40 min after a game (preseason or not) you are on twitter fighting with fans.

I think this benching might have more to do with that than his actual play

No doubt, the kid's head isn't all in. He might be too high-strung to be a CB in this league. I hope not.

Rick

This has a lot more to do with Sean Smith and Will Allen than it does Jason Allen.

But this is Jason Allen's big chance to prove all of us haters wrong. I'd love to see him turn into a solid CB option for the rest of the year, but I can't say that I'm hopeful. We'll see.

As I said, I think he can, and I think he will, but talk is cheap.

Rick

dolphan4545 Wrote:
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> As I said, I think he can, and I think he will,
> but talk is cheap.


I have zero faith in him. I hope he proves me wrong.

Hope this lights a fire under Sean Smith and he doesn't go all Tedd Ginn on us.

Jason Allen has actually played pretty well when forced into duty the last two years.

dolfanmark Wrote:
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> Jason Allen has actually played pretty well when
> forced into duty the last two years.

He's always played in games better than he's practiced. His blown TD against Jax was bad FS play. I'm starting to wonder if we should try one of our CBs at FS.

We better hope and pray that Jason is like a good wine, that he has improved with age....If not, we are totally open to being torched!!

yikes

I agree Rick.

From what I have seen from JA the last two seasons he has developed into a top special teams player and has had a few oportunities to develop at corner.

I have seen some positive signs in his development...solid tackler and some ability to jar the ball loose to create turnovers. I think that the lights have finally come on for this player.

My question is, if JA has improved his ball skills and he's physical, why didn't we give him a shot at FS? Sure he had trouble at FS when he was a rookie, but...HE WAS A ROOKIE!! Why not give him one more shot?

I really liked Sean smith when we drafted him but if he turns out to be a bust then we are looking at pat white turner and smith in top rounds being a bust. Not good! Couple that we all the free agents we have missed on and you gotta start to question the talent evaluation dept for the phons

I was/am a supporter of the guy, and have argued his case all offseason.

I hope that he does great, but I also hope to see people stick to there guns, but be optimistic, and hope he proves the haters wrong.

ranger1 Wrote:
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> I really liked Sean smith when we drafted him but
> if he turns out to be a bust then we are looking
> at pat white turner and smith in top rounds being
> a bust. Not good! Couple that we all the free
> agents we have missed on and you gotta start to
> question the talent evaluation dept for the phons


Totally agree!

2 INT today, and at least one really nice pass breakup. And he was a Benny Sapp offsides penalty away from having a 3rd INT. Plus, he should have had a pick-6 last week. He's made an impact. I think it's great. Let's hope he continues to play well.

If JA can play like this week in and week out, we'll have the best pair of CBs in the league!!!!!!!

Jason Allen has been a stud player for us. I'm very happy with him.

I'm really curious as to what the heck his problem was that kept him off the field for so long?

He looked good as a backup when he had the chance to play, and he looks good as a starter. Guess we'll never know.

i think he's just a bad practice player and staff didn't trust him in games. but he's always made plays when he gets in there

Just like I have always said...Jason Allen should be a starter. He is the Shite! LOL

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Yeah, but it's been multiple staff's now without him getting on the field. Even though when he did he usually made positive plays...if he was not making plays in practice, I have to think he would have been gone by now.

If we can get Smith's head right we'll have a really stellar group of three corners.

I've been saying this for years, but now everybody can see it because he's playing well on the big stage for a good football team. I wonder how foolish some people feel now who have been saying that he SUCKS(in caps, no less) an that he cannot play. What say you now?

Rick

I always thought he was a lot better than people gave him credit for. not ready to "anoint" him yet but if he keeps it up at this level what a huge boost to this team? vonte is pro bowl caliber and smith really isn't that bad. 3 solid young CBs, we'd be set for a long time