08-04-2023, 10:14 PM
(08-04-2023, 12:31 AM)Housh Wrote: I think ppl say we are worse on D not because of the players we lost but the players we lost AND their roles in Lou’s defense.
On paper losing 2 safeties but getting back good players doesn’t look bad but we’ve gotta factor in that "Lou’s defense calls for its safeties to do a hell of a lot." So losing 2 safeties in Lou’s system is scary.
Where does this come from? What do they do more than other safeties? Bell and Bates were NOT interchangeable. I can point to many other safeties guarding TE's way more than those two, I can defitniely point to several safeties that blitz a ton more than them.
Our safeties are key to our bend-dont-break philosophy and they are instructed to NOT take chances. Having our guys stay back more than most isnt really doing a whole lot.
