02-13-2025, 12:46 PM
He was one of the many that saw big improvement after the scheme was, "simplified."
I'm on the fence with him: I wouldn't necessarily deem him essential, but I think he can have a role going forward as well.
His only real issue is that he's not super-athletic, thus things like recovering/catching up to plays and speed to get to the right spot, will always result in negative plays, but his play recognition was really good (that Levis INT, I don't think we have had a S INT like that since Bates picked off Groper Cleveland in '22) and he's always around the ball.
I think he would need to be strictly CF and play him 1/3-1/2 of snaps, but Golden may go for a similar S approach to what Lou did, which would make that plan moot.
My .02
I'm on the fence with him: I wouldn't necessarily deem him essential, but I think he can have a role going forward as well.
His only real issue is that he's not super-athletic, thus things like recovering/catching up to plays and speed to get to the right spot, will always result in negative plays, but his play recognition was really good (that Levis INT, I don't think we have had a S INT like that since Bates picked off Groper Cleveland in '22) and he's always around the ball.
I think he would need to be strictly CF and play him 1/3-1/2 of snaps, but Golden may go for a similar S approach to what Lou did, which would make that plan moot.
My .02