Didn't Like What I Saw from Darian Thompson Last Night

he did seem slow to recognize plays and get to the ball. Adams was a much better tackler in run support. Hope he improves before he is hurt again.

But what's Eli Apple's excuse? That dude has the presence of a beach ball out there. People just move through him, and I'll give him a pass on the Witten TD, big size advantage there, but Apple is soft.

Every draft publication I read considered this guy an in the box Strong Safety because of his lack of speed, lack of quickness, lack of range, and a general inability to change directions. He takes a lot of bad angles and the speed of the pro game will give him trouble. Reese looks at the height & the number of INTs and automatically sees a FS to put next to Collins. Adams is the more sound player at ths point in time and he should start. Next year we should upgrade.

But Apple was much worse. The pass rush was pretty mediocre as well which is understandable going up against that OL.

mean the parts where he was chasing receivers from 4 off from where the balls were caught. I'm with you.

Spags and the coaches like what he offers and he apparently showed enough in pre-season to keep the job he won last year. I'm not passing judgment on him yet. I'll give him this year to get better. In the meantime if he just can be average I'd accept that.

With extra defenders in the box to contain Elliott, the deep safety is often on an island and has to play conservatively. Elliott's longest run was about ten yards, which most DCs would consider a win.

Another factor is that Prescott very seldom challenges coverage - especially with a safety over the top. (He doesn't need to, and Garrett doesn't want him to.) That's a big reason his TD-INT ratio was so spectacular last year, and it's a big reason ball-hawking safeties are seldom anywhere near his passes.

but I think Fiona Apple would have more of a physical presence against the run and the short passing game.

Hoping he was leery of reinjuring of the ankle. Because you can't teach toughness and this guy looked soft as shit. Reminded me of Deion. Or maybe even Dion.