Brady'sButtBoy
2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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Before I offer my OPINION, I ask if we can PLEASE cut the crap from all the 'smart' posters bashing all the stupid, uneducated, uniformed, (etc.) posters for having a little fun and having their say. Some good natured ribbing is one thing, but are the snobby, self-righteous, man-you-don't-have-a-clue-you-dimwit post really necessary? I love this board because it aspires to be well informed but let's keep that as an asset not a personality defect.
Anyway...
Unless I don't count well, Meriweather had 7 INTs total for college; not many for a guy who played as much as he did and, whenever I watched him, always seemd to be around the ball. (He had good passes defended/broken up numbers).
Maybe his hands can be improved - for a gifted athlete, catching the ball on a level acceptable for a DB is mostly a matter of concentration - according a coaching aquaintance of mine - better catching skills can be taught to good athletes. So maybe BM can improve a bit there.
OTOH, BM is a tackling machine and maybe this is the skill that will keep him at safety more than anything else when you consider one of the core intentions of the Pats Defensive scheme is to avoid giving up big plays. If BM's speed, cover skill, and sure tackling can keep the Pats from allowing many deep plays then BB might see BM as a key to working his schemes. Sanders (nor Wilson after his first 2 years) seemed adept at preventing the big plays down field. Remember the bad positioning, poor tackling?
Anyway...
Unless I don't count well, Meriweather had 7 INTs total for college; not many for a guy who played as much as he did and, whenever I watched him, always seemd to be around the ball. (He had good passes defended/broken up numbers).
Maybe his hands can be improved - for a gifted athlete, catching the ball on a level acceptable for a DB is mostly a matter of concentration - according a coaching aquaintance of mine - better catching skills can be taught to good athletes. So maybe BM can improve a bit there.
OTOH, BM is a tackling machine and maybe this is the skill that will keep him at safety more than anything else when you consider one of the core intentions of the Pats Defensive scheme is to avoid giving up big plays. If BM's speed, cover skill, and sure tackling can keep the Pats from allowing many deep plays then BB might see BM as a key to working his schemes. Sanders (nor Wilson after his first 2 years) seemed adept at preventing the big plays down field. Remember the bad positioning, poor tackling?
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