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Originally Posted by KCrockaholic
That's our difference here. I don't expect flawless. There's not a Earl Thomas available. Abdullah is serviceable. I expect average to above average from Abdullah this year.
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I feel like I have seen more of Abdullah because he came up with the Vikings while I was living there, and I like the guy. He was a good special teams contributor and was a decent extra defensive back, but he didn't stick around there either and Minnesota isn't a team that's had a great secondary in recent years at all. He's a smart player, he's a good tackler. But he doesn't strike you as someone who is terribly gifted as an athlete (was an undrafted free agent) and he's not an instinct player, he makes mistakes in coverage more than you'd like to see.
He's a little on the high side of just-a-guy IMO. I would like him a lot as our third safety because he can play both positions, at least he did with the Vikings.
It could be that we'll get more from him than we did last year, he had just taken a year off from football the year before to go to Mecca IIRC.