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i wonder if the Devin haters are watching tonight....
that's what happens when you don't have a safety who can stop the deep play
Absolutely. The issue with McCourty is that a lot of his best work A) happens off the screen, and B) results in the ball never entering his zip code in the first place. And when you do see him around the ball, a lot of the time he's mopping up someone else's mistake. All of which is a recipe for casual fans who only half know what they're watching forming misguided negative opinions about him. I wish everyone who criticizes him would go watch a game in person and spend every defensive snap watching him closely at the expense of everything else. I think they'd be surprised to see the number of deep routes that his presence alone shuts down.