First of all don't get me wrong This is not intended to negate wilcox. Both are ss types not fs. Sensabaugh is a better fs than those 2 so far and that's bad. Not saying wilcox cant surpass him. I love the toughness of wilcox that church doesn't seem to show. Wilcox is always in a scrum. But we have church under 3 mil a year and people act like a random guy from walgreens can do his job.
2013 tackles - church 107 next closest carter with 73
2014 tackles - 87 church next closest jj with 69
that is a sick ss rotation now if we use jones at fs or cb will decide a lot. I'm actually good with these 2 at fs and ss this year. These 2 are solid safeties and especially church.
I like Church and Wilcox better than most fans; however, this post/thread would not cause me to like them if I was on the fence.
Tackle totals are not a great representation of the quality of Safety play in the modern pass-happy NFL.
Wilcox is better at FS than the majority of fans believe. On many many plays that appear in real-time to be his fault, it is actually the fault of surrounding players. The FS, especially in Marinelli's scheme, has to take angles based on what other players
should be doing. If those other players free lance or don't play within the scheme, then it makes it appear that the FS took a bad angle. One of the culprits last season was Bruce Carter. The LBs in this scheme have defined requirements in terms of funneling players in a specific direction. The FS is coached to play within the scheme, but that can be disastrous if the players in front of him don't play within the scheme.