The standard refrain of football dunces is to point to tackle totals or make the overgeneralized claim that “our DTs aren’t doing their jobs so Jaylon can’t do his job.”
Jaylon’s deficiencies are individually his own and cannot be legitimately placed at the feet of anyone else. He does not play with any anticipation aka “instincts”; he cannot get off a block to save his life; his recognition skills are abysmal; he lacks effort (as demonstrated by him loafing around again today); he’s an absolute waste when trying to tackle in space; he’s athletically limited (no fault of his own, but a reality nonetheless).
Seriously, what kind of simpleton actually thinks a linebacker is going to be left unprotected to “just run and make tackles?”
Beyond that, LVE isn’t without his warts either, but I actually see him making competent football plays on a more consistent basis than Jaylon.