Coverage Skills Of Our Safeties - Page 3 - New England Patriots Forums

***AndyJohnson*** · 03-18-2012, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by condon84

I hope we sign Ihedigbo back. Chung hasn't shown that he can be healthy all season, and IMO Ihedigbo plays SS better than Chung. .

Dude, drinking heavily on Sunday night is never a good idea.

VrabelJr · 03-18-2012, 07:23 PM

Ihedigbo isn't better than Chung, however, the dropoff from Chung to Ihedigbo isn't that big. The way I see it is we need another safety that is better than Chung. Obviously Chung will still start but he cannot be our best safety.

JackBauer · 03-18-2012, 07:30 PM

Chung is a solid starting safety with some remaining upside, but has had trouble staying healthy.

Ihedigbo is a special teams player who, like Sergio Brown, has no business seeing the field in regular defensive packages. While Chung is merely average in coverage, at the very least he's usually in position, where as Ihedigbo rarely is. The next time I see him make a play on the ball will be the first.

VrabelJr · 03-18-2012, 07:35 PM

To be fair to Ihedigbo, the only time he was playing is when Chung was injured which means he had to make up for Chung AND the crappy guy playing next to him which was Moore, Brown, or Ventrone. I like Ihedigbo as a back up/role player and he isn't nearly as bad as everyone makes him out to be.

JackBauer · 03-18-2012, 07:38 PM

I don't know about that. He's pretty damn bad.

But you're right in the sense that he'd be much less bad as a fourth safety, since he wouldn't be seeing the field except as a contingency.

condon84 · 03-18-2012, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by AndyJohnson

Dude, drinking heavily on Sunday night is never a good idea.

Chung is one of the most overrated player in these forums. There is not a big difference between the two and Ihedigbo actually played better than him last year. That doesn't mean he is good, just goes to illustrate that Chung isn't more than mediocre. Sorry that hurts your feelings.

VrabelJr · 03-18-2012, 07:50 PM

Condon84 is correct. As I indicated above, if we sign or a draft a safety it is with the intention that they are better than Chung and our current #2, not just better than our current #2. Chung is just the best of the worst and he's a #2 on most other teams.

***AndyJohnson*** · 03-18-2012, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by condon84

Chung is one of the most overrated player in these forums. There is not a big difference between the two and Ihedigbo actually played better than him last year. That doesn't mean he is good, just goes to illustrate that Chung isn't more than mediocre. Sorry that hurts your feelings.

It has nothing to do with my feelings, and everything to do with you not understanding safety play.

Armchair Quarterback · 03-18-2012, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by JackBauer

The fact that the Patriots don't run FS/SS notwithstanding...

...no. Just no.

That's nonsense.

condon84 · 03-18-2012, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by AndyJohnson

It has nothing to do with my feelings, and everything to do with you not understanding safety play.

You don't know anymore about safety play than any other poster here. The fact that you still think you are more knowledgeable about football than anyone here is an "Andy" problem.