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Some good quotes from Su'a from Michael Phillips...
Cravens will train with former Steelers and Redskins safety Ryan Clark this offseason, which he said he’s doing in part because Landon Collins of the New York Giants trains with Clark, and Cravens views Collins as a young player he’d like to emulate.
“I think I can be a great safety,” Cravens said. “I proved I covered tight ends pretty well this year, I think I can play in the box, and I can also cover the deep third. I don’t know why people get confused if I can or I can’t, but it’s just motivation to show people what I can do.”
He said he doesn’t have a target weight to play safety at (he fluctuated from 215 to 230 pounds this year), but wants to stay big enough that he can take on players on the line when he needs to.
Cravens said he’d prefer to play the strong safety role for that reason, so he can be a playmaker on running plays as well as passes.
In that regard, he said his time as a linebacker should be helpful down the road.
“It definitely helped just to know the entire landscape of the defense, seeing what everybody has to do and their responsibilities,” Cravens said.
That work took its toll on the rookie, though, who admitted that the 20-game NFL season, including preseason, was more of a grind than he expected coming from USC.
He said safety DeAngelo Hall helped stay on him and keep him focused as the season wound down.
“It wasn’t the physical part that was hard, it was the mental part,” Cravens said. “When the mental’s not right, that’s when injuries occur, and that’s what happened to me.
“Counting the preseason you’ve got a lot of games, so we’ve got to just stay focused and be mature about it. We’ve got a job to do, and I’ll be better next year.”
Cravens will train with former Steelers and Redskins safety Ryan Clark this offseason, which he said he’s doing in part because Landon Collins of the New York Giants trains with Clark, and Cravens views Collins as a young player he’d like to emulate.
“I think I can be a great safety,” Cravens said. “I proved I covered tight ends pretty well this year, I think I can play in the box, and I can also cover the deep third. I don’t know why people get confused if I can or I can’t, but it’s just motivation to show people what I can do.”
He said he doesn’t have a target weight to play safety at (he fluctuated from 215 to 230 pounds this year), but wants to stay big enough that he can take on players on the line when he needs to.
Cravens said he’d prefer to play the strong safety role for that reason, so he can be a playmaker on running plays as well as passes.
In that regard, he said his time as a linebacker should be helpful down the road.
“It definitely helped just to know the entire landscape of the defense, seeing what everybody has to do and their responsibilities,” Cravens said.
That work took its toll on the rookie, though, who admitted that the 20-game NFL season, including preseason, was more of a grind than he expected coming from USC.
He said safety DeAngelo Hall helped stay on him and keep him focused as the season wound down.
“It wasn’t the physical part that was hard, it was the mental part,” Cravens said. “When the mental’s not right, that’s when injuries occur, and that’s what happened to me.
“Counting the preseason you’ve got a lot of games, so we’ve got to just stay focused and be mature about it. We’ve got a job to do, and I’ll be better next year.”
