Playmaking increase? Or injury?
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10 career interceptions would put him like Top 50 of all SEC DB's, not just safety, since 1976. Banks is tied for 3rd with 16 career Int's. Eric Berry had 14 and is 13th. Dereck Pegus had 12. These are guys who started at least 3 years. I think you are expecting a lot for an average SEC safety.
It’s hard to judge a DB on INT’s alone because a lot of times if they’re really good people won’t throw their direction which cuts down on their INT’s. The best way I have seen and I think this is for NFL players only is to rate them play by play on how they carried out their particular assignment. +2 for a spectacular play, +1 for a good play, 0 for doing their job, -1 for a bad play, and -2 for a really bad play.
Of course, to do that you would have to have someone breaking down the film that knows football very well. It’s not something that Joe Fan could do accurately.
You had to say it but losing Conan does hurt. He's pretty average at best but everyone else has been horrible. McLaurin got smoked a few times Saturday.
It's honestly depressing to watch other games and consistently see tight coverage and people making plays in the ball and then watch us. We just haven't been an athletic, aggressive secondary in a while.
I don't care what you played. We are talking just average SEC safety. You are describing an All SEC DB including CB. The second team safety's last year for all SEC had 4. And Elston only had 1 the year before. Fitzpatrick 3 last week was the first of the year. He had 2 in 14 games last year, ironically those 2 came in one game as well. You have an over inflated idea of what an AVERAGE safety should have numbers wise.
And all of those safeties you've mentioned are aggressive and impact the games. Anddddd they almost have more interceptions in one year than Coman in his entire career. Fitzpatrick has more ints in 1 1/2 years than Comans career. Whomever the second team safety with 4 last year again totals his career. I also wish he was half the safety and impacted the games as Elston.
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