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Originally Posted by djnemo65
The problem with AA as I remember it was not tackling. He was actually leading the team in tackles at the time of his demotion. Maybe he wasn't showing up regularily on you got jacked up but he was bringing guys down.
The problem was coverage. Not only could he not cover any TE's, but receivers routinely blew by him in the cover 2 set, where the safety's job is basically to not let anyone get behind him. That's why he got demoted. You can argue that the team wasn't using him right, and that's probably true, but it was his ability to zone cover in the cover 2 that was chiefly responsible for his removal from the starting lineup.
At least that's how I remember it.
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Additionally, since the biggest problem with the team was tackling, if he WAS leading the team in tackles at the time of his benching, then we made a big mistake by benching him. Let's face it, we didn't exactly get a great cover guy in Fox to replace him, in fact our pass D got even worse.