The good news is, tackling is something that can be taught, if you've got the nuts to want to tackle. Gaines seems like a willing tackler, for the most part.
He's a third rounder coming off an ACL tear. Considering what or how I thought this secondary would be, I've been pleasantly surprised.
I still contend that tackling for a cornerback is down the list of things he has to be good at. Give me a guy that can be a great cover corner and an average at best tackler than vice versa.
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