SlowGettingUp
2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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To back up Chung the Pats need a great open field tackler (check) and a guy who cover TE's and RB's out of the backfield. Ebner has shown he has the athletic ability to be that guy. We already know he's a sure tackler. We just have to find out if he has learned over the last 4 years, enough "football sense" to play in the regular D
I've always wondered why he doesn't play more snaps on defense, particularly on early downs. Any theories?
The Occam's razor theory would be that he simply isn't any good at it
You might well be right, but an alternative view is that he just hasn't had much experience to date because of his non-football background, and that he might yet emerge as someone capable of covering.
A bunch of the new players this year have strong ST resumes. Wonder if ST-only players like Bolden are going to get squeezed out.
Think about the list of the greatest return men in history: Devin Hester; Gale Sayers; Billy Johnson; Brian Mitchell; Joshua Cribbs; Deion Sanders; Dante Hall; Mel Gray; Desmond Howard; Rick Upchurch. Aside from Mitchell (who was a passable third down back), Deion, and Gale Sayers (who are HOFers), none of those guys did a damn thing on offense or defense.