Robert Livingston promoted to DB coach

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(01-10-2018, 02:52 PM)N_B Wrote: George Iloka is the 44th rated safety according to PFF, which is very very average.  Sean Williams is slightly higher at #41.

Point is, don't overrate our own players.  Safety has at times been a source of weakness; they don't tackle well (as a result of going for the big hit), don't turn the call over, and haven't covered tight ends well.  Hopefully, a lot of that can be adjusted with scheme; Paul viewed the safeties as the "last line of defense" in a bend don't break system, so I bet that took away some aggressiveness.

They are in the low 40's in safety rankings, but their PFF scores are 77 for Iloka and 79 for Williams. Both still quality starters.
To me, the scores are more important than the ranking compared to other safeties.
I look at it like this...a really smart kid in high school has a GPA of 4.2, which is really good. However, this kid is ranked 28th in his/her class because 27 other students have even higher than 4.2 GPA. Now is that kid considered bad because he/she is not a top 10? Or is the kid still incredibly smart even though he/she is not in the top 10?
Ultimately, I care more that the kid had a really good GPA, not where he/she ranked in his/her class.