Safety Help From Other Teams Cuts

by hawk16lx on Sep 4, 2010 3:25 PM EDT

Its no secret that the Jaguars need help at the safety position.

According to bleacherreports Max Kienzler the Bears made a "surprise cut" of a safety named Al Aflava who

"started 13 games last season and accumulated 53 tackles, two sacks, seven pass deflections, and a forced fumble as a rookie."

Considering hes in his second year, this might be a guy to check out.

Heres what windy city gridiron had to say

" What a turn of events Mr. Afalava has seen in the last year."

"And Afalava will be a startingSS for someone in this league for years to come."

"Cuts to the roster like Afalava really let you know how sorry our talent evaluating really is."

However there were some reports that his performance has regressed of late.

Yahoo Sports reported:

"This was the shocker to me. Afalava was a low-round pick out of Oregon State just last year, and started 13 games in Chicago's depleted defensive backfield. Waiving him seems like a weird move -- the kid's only making $395,000 this season - but the Bears have seen their share of unusual transactions in the last few seasons. Afalava will be a bargain for a team looking to bolster its depth at safety."

Other safetys that are begining to surface. The Eagles released Quentin Demps who played safety for the Ravens defense for some time I believe.

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I say we check him out...

he can’t be worse than what we have at safety right now. Plus, Tyson and Vince would enjoy having another Hawai’ian around to split the bill when they are ordering poi.

by JPQ! on Sep 4, 2010 3:59 PM EDT reply actions

So, I had to google poi…color me no longer hungry.

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~Carl Sagan

by JLydon37 on Sep 4, 2010 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions

I'd eat it.

It seems similar to grits. Samoan Poi sounds better.

Vae Victis!

by viator on Sep 4, 2010 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Hahaha...Ive never seen it until I googled it, too

I don’t know how it tastes, but the picture of poi on the Wikipedia page is gross.

by JPQ! on Sep 4, 2010 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Myron Rolle was cut

"HULU: An evil plot to destroy the world. Enjoy"

Real fans don’t need a reason.

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by TheTealDeal on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM EDT reply actions

He has excellent speed, terrific zone coverage skills, and incredible QB rush skills and far above average football IQ….he can be a liability against the run and suffers a bit against the deep ball and when forced to man up on a TE in the seam

Waber-Jaguar

by jawsaints on Sep 5, 2010 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions

If he was everything you said he was he wouldn't have gotten cut

You can't reason with unreasonable people.

by JagsAlex87 on Sep 5, 2010 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions

he got cut because of numbers

Waber-Jaguar

by jawsaints on Sep 5, 2010 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions

right

there were a number of people who were better than he was.

DG is the best we have and help is not on the way. I realize he's not perfect, but I feel a lot better about him at QB than I do the O-Line, DB's and LB's ability to cover a TE.

by pksiv on Sep 7, 2010 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Eagles did cut Demps, but he was never on the Ravens. He played for Oklahoma State, I think, and then was drafted by the Eagles. He played well in 08 but seemed to take a step back in 09. Reid had some issues with his work ethic.

by abeaugh on Sep 5, 2010 2:11 PM EDT reply actions