Darrell Green Fan
The Voice of Reason
I'm all for trying him at SS. But realize, there will be a period of growing pains and big mistakes. It could be a long period (couple of seasons). One would expect that these mistakes grow less frequent with experience, but they will occur. Many on this board tend to react poorly at the first sign of mistakes. Will everyone give him a chance to grow into the job (and maybe fail)? I doubt it. Within a few games where he makes couple of blunders, some will be calling for the coach's head for misusing Cravens, and some will even go so far as to label him a bust and we should trade him while we can still get a 5th round pick. Mark my words here.
I suspect you are correct but that's just the nature of all fans. A 2nd round pick has pretty high expectations, it's not out of the question to be concerned if he is struggling after year 2. But I doubt I will be suggesting a trade, I'm willing to let it play out a little longer.