It's not Heath's fault at all. I love the guy, he simply doesn't possess the skillset to be a good S. It's the org's fault for making him the starter.
Outside of him being one of the team leaders and and being a stand up player who puts out effort here's what we have in Heath:
1. His recognition skills are not the best. I find he hangs onto the run too long. He wants to put his head into the mix, but teams are going to scheme his aggressiveness, and lack of recognition.
2. He is not the most natural cover safety. if he gets wrong-footed he doesn't recover well. I'm not expecting Deion recovery here, but it is pedestrian to say the least.
But, in his defence...
3. When the ball is in the air he tracks it as well as any Cowboy, and turns into a nice receiver.
4. Straight line this kid has wheels. Not turn and go, but straight line. he showed it in tracking Carr. He showed it in tracking Rodgers' ill advised downfield pass for an int.
He is a football player. If we can keep him, and give him a position to succeed at it would be great. The coaching staff and player personnel team have to figure that out.