Quote:Darius said pretty much the same thing.  He said that it's a matter of spatial awareness in many instances where they're not getting into the right position, and that's creating gaps that shouldn't be there. 

 

Agree.  It's going to take some time. 

Hopefully we as fans can be a little more patience. I was thinking about veteran presence the other day. Let's take Ed Reed (i know he's an all-time great) and he plays with Jimmy Smith (third year corner back). If Smith makes a bad break on a play and a guy picks up 20 yards, would Ed Reed speak with him while on the field and give in an in game tutorial on things to watch for. Then 2 plays later Smith makes a pick.

 

Now not saying it works just like this but I wonder how much of this we are missing out on because our guys don't have a wealth of knowledge to pull from and no one veteran guy to help them see things on the field as they are unfolding? You can watch a ton of film but some guys just do things in games and if you've never seen it before then it makes it that much harder to stop it. 

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