Some comments on the comments:.
1. While your analysis of Wilson's problems makes sense on the surface, I think you couldn't be more wrong. Once again you seem to be caught up in the whole FS/SS thing. Wilson was never thought to be a hybrid S/LB. He doesn't come close to fitting the physical profile If he's a hybrid anything, its a hybrid S/CB.
Even more than size BB has clearly been looking for what are essentially CB's who have enough size or tackling skills to play in the middle. McCourty is a good example, and BB hoped Wilson would be one too.
2. Like the overblown and over reported Ridley fumble issues, Wilson's rookie year was actually quite good, given the complexity of the defense and the newness of the position. 4 picks 7 passed defended, and 41 tackles for a guy who started only 4 games is decent production for a rookie.
Yes, he got badly beaten on a couple of play action passes that year. Tom Brady has made Troy Palomalu look just as bad on play action passes for the last 10 years and they are still going to put him in the HOF. I don't know what happened last year. It could have been a collapse of confidence. It could have been injury related. It could have been a lot of things (he did seem to play well on ST's). But the thing is none of you know either. We can only speculate, and what good is speculation if you can't be negative, Right?
The fact is that some players take longer than others to develop. All I do know for certain, that anyone with eyes can tell that so far it looks like all the hand wringing about the S position was over blown. Between McCourty, Wilson, Harmon and Chung we are going to have at least 4 very capable safeties who have both range and cover skills, if not KO power, to compliment are equally deep group of CB's.
No offense to Rodney Harrison, but in today's NFL, I'd rather have safeties with range and coverage skills with decent tackling skills, than safeties who can knock you out but are liabilities in coverage.
3. Joker I know a great lifting system for guys our age. Actually its a great system for any age. I also walk a minimum of 3 miles a day (18minute miles) On the low carbs and fast foods, not so much.
I have a pizza and pasta/tomato sauce/cheese jones that would have me turning tricks in parking lots if I didn't satisfy it. I will drive hours for a great pizza. I've never heard of corn silk tea, though I like green tea. I need to lose 20.
4. I find it positively scary thinking about the DB depth we are going to have this season. Revis and Browner might be as good a combo as any in the league, yet there have been many years where if Dennard and Ryan were projected as starters it wouldn't look that bad. Plus having the freedom to keep Arrington committed to situations he can excel at, give us a 5 deep CB group that I wouldn't trade for anyone else's group in the league. What's really scary is that I can't remember a time when that thought ever entered my mind.