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Originally Posted by FRPLG
I know they loved him out of camp last year but he didn't play well early in the season and only played ok at the end. His smarts and approach can only do so much and appear to not be enough to overcome his skill deficiencies.
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To the bolded part... Thats just a mirror image of all of our DB's last year, as well as the rest of the defense. The defense started going much more disguised blitzes later in the year, and the defense as a whole improved late.
To the not bolded part... While I didnt review film of Crawford nor did I know exactly what defense was called, but a lot of what I saw last year with Crawford seemed more about him being out of position. More about him reading the play late, therefore arriving late. It seemed more about his smarts than his skill. Could be wrong but thats what it seemed like to me. I suspect that he will play faster this year, although im not claiming he will improve enough to start without injuries dictating it.