Lol if someone likes what we have at safety, they didn't watch last year.
yeah, but they are coming back this year....
Gardener was admittedly terrible, but I think much of that was lack of, or just poor, coaching. His fundamentals were nonexistent. That's correctable, and I do expect him to play better.
The other problem that I touched on in the final minutes of the Mich opener, is that guys like Stewart and Davis shouldn't have even been out there mid-1st quarter against the Wolverines. They were forced into action because they'd beaten out the 2nd and 3rd year guys that McElwain had signed, who (shockingly) didn't pan out.
I actually do think we'll be considerably better at Safety based on experience and coaches who have some idea of what they're doing. As Itraz pointed out, it's CB that we're in serious trouble if a starter goes down, also largely because of JM's failed recruiting. First team is solid. Behind that may as well be one of us. If teams need to throw on us late, our only saving grace may be the depth and rotation of the DL creating pressure.