Why the Safeties Play So Loose

[Nicomo Cosca]

(12-07-2023, 02:56 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: When you're a decent defense and you're winning lots of games, a lot of things are able to get a pass. I was never on the "pay Bates tons of money" train largely because of the things you mentioned. I didn't expect they'd let Bell go too when he got a very reasonable contract.

When you're on arguably the worst defense in the NFL and currently out of the playoffs, things get less of a pass. It's not even the safeties, though, so while I do wish they kept Bell to go with Dax, I don't think the safeties are the only problem. The LBs are playing pretty darn poorly, the DL is pretty disappointing, and they are all guys who got paid.

The LBers have easily been the biggest disappointment for me this season. At least the DL finally had a nice game against JAX. 4 sacks, and Reader looked like the 2021 version that was so dominant during the playoff run.