Quote:how many tackles does he make that a typical safety can't make?

 

how many big plays does he make?  how many FF, fumbles recovered, sacks, broken up passes has he made?

You think Patrick Chung Strong safety NE is good?, he has 65 tackles, 0 forced fumbles, 0 fumble recoveries, 0 broken up passes.

How about Dawan landry ? 85 tackles,,0 forced fumbles,0 fumble recoveries, 0 sacks, 0 broken up passes

Not everyone has flashy numbers in fumbles and Interceptions, the league leader has 5 Int, and most safeties have 1 or 2, and some 0.

But, a lot are saying Cyp takes bad angles and whiffs on runners, or is getting run over, and if that is the case then he has an extraordinary knack of being near the ball, because he is #4 in the league in tackles with 90, with better numbers than Chung, Landry, Woodson, Earl Thomas....... Combined with Josh Evans the two of them have more secondary tackles than any team in the league.

That is what I am talking about, they are doing more of the linebackers jobs because our LB's suck. Runners break our line, the linebackers miss, and then it's up to Evans and Cyp to stop it after 7-8 yards has been gained, and you might see more whiffs because they are doing more tackling in space than anyone else in football. The stats don't lie. All the average fan sees is one of them covering up for a LB miss, and if they miss also.... well you get threads like this.

 

When reality is you have a 2nd year man #4 in the league in tackling for secondary players. That's not a bust.

If we get some Linebackers to take some of the abuse being leveled at Cyp and Evans, maybe they can devote more time to learning the coverage game as well. Telvin Smith, who seems to be the Darling of the week has 65 tackles, Cyp has 90.

Neither has a sack, Int, or caused a fumble. We have a nice D-line, when our LB's can tackle more than our safeties, then our Defense will be special.

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