Quote:He's always been primarily a box safety. The implication that his role will change significantly because he's playing with Gipson now is nonsense

He's looked his best when able to play in the box close to the Line of Scrimmage. the lack of range at FS forced us to call more Cover-2 looks with him having more responsibilities on the back end rather than covering the flats and short middle of the field where he excels. 

 

regardless of where you put him, his issue is the angles he takes chasing down plays. That's a coachable issue but it remains to be seen if he can get it shored up; worst case scenario he's quality depth and Sample will start (and if Sample isn't the answer we can draft a replacement)

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