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Originally Posted by O.city
Depends on everyone's view of adequate I guess
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To me, adequate means you have the ability to wrap up. If you have a guy one on one, you should win more often than not. You're not going to make every tackle obviously, but you should win more than you lose. Gaines loses more than he wins.
Gaines' problem is his technique. It's almost like he tries to clothesline defenders at their legs. If you're gonna dive low, then put your shoulder into it.
Don't wanna put your shoulder into it? Then at least wrap up a leg.
What you CAN'T do, is stick your arm out so your bicep bounces off their thigh pad. He's done that too many times through the first 2 games. That's not adequate.
We watched him do it several times against San Diego and we watched him do it against Houston.
That is a problem that needs to be fixed. And his coverage skills aren't so amazing that the Chiefs can simply learn to live with it.