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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
We don't have a true coverage safety on the roster. If we do, it's probably Conner (who we prefer to see fail as a slot corner).
Cook, Reid and Hicks are all effectively the same player. There are variations on the theme but all three of them are more akin to conventional strong safeties.
I really wish we'd have tried to find a true single-high sort of player over the last couple years. We can make this work, but it's not a weakness we can just close off, IMO.
We simply lack the personnel to effectively shut down the middle of the field. The 'backers aren't good enough in space and the safeties have coverage limitations. It's going to continue to be a problem because we just don't have the athleticism to ensure that it isn't.
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This is why I preferred Kerby Joseph to Cook in that draft. Took him awhile but he's now an elite FS, while Cook is....not. We really, really need that type of player. But it's like a DE with speed, does Spags care for it?