Bears Still Fickle, Move Danieal Manning to Corner

by Adam T on May 21, 2008 3:22 PM CDT

I believe we went through this last season as well, but the Bears have moved Danieal Manning from safety to cornerback .

Danieal Manning looks to have been moved yet again. Manning, the safety turned cornerback turned safety is back at cornerback today. He’s getting time with the first team as the inside nickel back. Corey Graham also got some time with the ones with the absence of Charles Tillman.

So as it stands our cornerback roster has Charles Tillman and Nathan Vasher at the number 1 and 2 spots respectively. The rest of the crop are Zackary Bowman,Trey Brown,Corey Graham, Leslie Majors, Ricky Manning Jr., Trumaine McBride and now Danieal Manning.

Our starting safeties based on mini camp positions are Mike Brown and Brandon McGowan. After that we have Josh Gattis, Kevin Payne, Leonard Peters and Craig Steltz.

With Mike Brown an injury concern and no other guy with significant experience moving Manning seems odd unless they believe he can't play the position. Obviously to make the move they think he has the needed speed and they might just view him as more of an asset at the corner.

'It is possible that Ricky Manning Jr. could still be cut and the Bears believe if necessary Craig Steltz could step in.

Either way the idea here is to not thin out our safety squad more, if anything we want to add some guys.

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sweet mother

we have alot of depth at those positions…yay for us

by DaNate23 on May 21, 2008 3:53 PM CDT reply actions

definatly want to stock up on safties

by SuperBowlXX on May 21, 2008 4:50 PM CDT reply actions

I wonder if Manning is a tweener

They can’t seem to find a spot for him he has speed and some size to him. But I think maybe they realize they reached for a guy who was without a definite position. They could have taken Hester first then Manning or they could have taken some one else and then taken Manning in the FIFTH round of that draft. No one had heard of that guy.

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by Sam Householder on May 21, 2008 5:35 PM CDT reply actions

The fact that he can be moved to corner

suggests he has the speed, which we knew since he does do some returns. So either they weren’t sure if he had enough experience at the corner or perhaps he kept getting moved back to safety because of injury and poor play.

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by Adam T on May 21, 2008 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions

personally...

I don’t mind having a guy that can step in at both positions. He’s a good safety, made some mistakes (yes, one was a terrible mistake in the super bowl) but mainly I believe he will play safety but will practice some at corner so that he is available if needed. Last year our depth was exposed so I like the preparation.

by Ando on May 21, 2008 11:59 PM CDT reply actions

it is nice

but he is never going to develop into a full time starter at a position if we continue to swap him…i feel he can be a starting free safety (i’m kind of in the minority on that one, i think) but if Mike Brown can actually stay healthy then i wouldn’t mind them having Manning as a tweener, otherwise i’d like to see him get all his reps at free safety so we can develop him into our future starter.

by lopey986 on May 22, 2008 3:51 AM CDT up reply actions