Heath was an undrafted free agent rook that got thrown into a defense that was falling apart and in shambles. He gets picked on most notably by Matthew Stafford and Calvin Freaking Johnson and people hate him?
Sometimes you 'fans' make me sick.
It still doesn't mean he can play at this level. He is average at best. A career special teamer, which isn't a bad thing. I'm just tired of the coaching staff attempting to shoehorn him into the starting lineup, although this game it was out of necessity, and it's preseason so who cares.
But he's just simply not good, man. I'm not hating him, just hating how we keep putting him out there like he's going to do any better than someone else who has a startlingly better level of athleticism.
Also, as an aside, I'm sick and tired of people trying to convert lifelong, career safeties to linebackers. There's a big reason why players don't just switch positions. It's not that simple.
There's only been one guy who ever made the switch from linebacker to safety and did it at an All-Pro level and we know him as "Woody." He was an elite, rare talent. Jeff Heath would get run the hell over as a LB trying to stack and shed pulling guards or OTs getting to the second level.
