texbumthelife
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I think Wilson takes of for Frazier the second he's completely healthy.
Hopefully this means Heath’s days as a starter are numbered.
You just stop now. Lol. Most of our O-Line were blue chip players and Elliot is Elliot. And Gallup was one of our only descent WR last year.
Heath made captain largely as a special teams player, so I don't think that will affect decisions on playing time.Here is a little bit of a downer for all the Heath haters: He is one of the team captains, there is no way a rookie is going to take his place on the field. Another favorite hate-target, Tyrone Crawford, is also a team captain. Wilson may eventually earn Heath's spot, but, barring injury, it won't be anytime soon.
Exactly, Heath wasn't an issue on Sunday. If you like the "Splash Plays" metric Bob Sturm uses he was third on the defense with 2.5 splash plays behind DLaw and LVE.
Heath also started the game with a Splash Flop on the big Barkley run. That's always been Heath. He makes big plays. Hurts us once in a while with an ugly one.
If Wilson is truly healthy, likely we cut Frazier, maybe Thompson.
Not just my opinion. Seemed to be the consensus with the team writers that Frazier only made the roster because of Wilson's injury.
He will likely continue to be inactive. I doubt he will see serious playing time anytime soon unless an injury happens. Hill will likely start being active before Wilson. It’s just how Garrett does things.
Heath also started the game with a Splash Flop on the big Barkley run. That's always been Heath. He makes big plays. Hurts us once in a while with an ugly one.
Sounds like he was hurting us more consistently that usual, though. Someone posted his PFF run game score. 27. I don't remember every seeing a score that low.
Per KD Drummond, Donovan Wilson practiced yesterday but was somewhat limited. Safety help might be on the way!?
It all depends on Wilson's role on special teams. That alone gives him a huge advantage over Hill who is going to have to make the roster on his ability to see defensive snaps in the game.
Wilson had two special teams tackles in the finale against Tampa Bay.
Yeah the plays I saw him making I don’t think the game was moving quite as fast at it is with the 1st stringers.Agreed on all that, but that's kind of the point. Lower draft picks aren't as proven coming into the league, so it naturally can take them a little more time to earn their way on to the field. But even with that said, guys like Anthony Hitchens, Anthony Brown, Maliek Collins and Jourdan Lewis all became starters as rookies, and all were 3rd rounders or later, so it's not as if only the blue chippers get to see the field as rookies.
What we have to keep in mind about Wilson is that, as good as he looked in preseason, it was still preseason, and he was playing against a lot of low level competition. I don't say that to suggest he can't be a very good player, I'm just saying we can't simply assume it. We still need to see him in real games.
Heath is here to stayHopefully this means Heath’s days as a starter are numbered.
Here is a little bit of a downer for all the Heath haters: He is one of the team captains, there is no way a rookie is going to take his place on the field. Another favorite hate-target, Tyrone Crawford, is also a team captain. Wilson may eventually earn Heath's spot, but, barring injury, it won't be anytime soon.
With all due respect, this stat keeps being used, ignoring on ALL OTHER RUNS he had over a 6 ypa. So come on. He ran at will on us. He just didn't get a lot of carries as we were up by 1000 points.Heath was down the list of people to blame for the big 59 yard run by Barkley.
Heath was 15 yards from the line at the point Barkley crosses the line.
Heath should have moved more to the outside to force Barkley back to the inside where there were other defenders; however, expecting Heath to make an open field tackle on Barkley when Barkley starts out 15 yards in front of Heath in a complete open field is NOT realistic.
The PFF grade is most likely primary based on them blaming Heath for that play.
Barkley only had 61 yard on ALL other runs.
Heath is here to stay
Did he play Sunday. I heard he would be limited if he did.Byron Jones also can play S in a pinch. I think we're ok there, even though we're light on actual Safeties.
Plus we are light at Safety right now. I think typically we dress 4It all depends on Wilson's role on special teams. That alone gives him a huge advantage over Hill who is going to have to make the roster on his ability to see defensive snaps in the game.
Wilson had two special teams tackles in the finale against Tampa Bay.
Hey man, we're all hoping lol...yet