The thing I noticed most about Heath this past weekend is that I didn't notice Heath. For the most part that's a good thing.
The kid played his heart out against the Bucs and it just didn't translate to a win but make no mistake about it he helped keep us in that game. It was a heartbreaker, as a fan, that the penalty at the end pf the game cost us a possible win but we may not have even been in that game if it weren't for a couple of clutch plays by the kid.
One thing about Heath is that he doesn't have the physical gifts of other safeties around the league so he has to play on his smarts. The problem with that dynamic for Heath is that in order to get really good at playing the game that way is to actually play. He's gotten a lot better at that this past season. In, fact he's improved on it from pretty much his very first game. He hasn't really regressed in any way since he started to get playing time. He hasn't exactly exploded in his development either but I'll take a guy on his upswing any day over a guy that has leveled off and you've already seen his best and has plateaued in his development with less than spectacular results.
Usually when Heath gets beat, he gets beat physically. He doesn't blow a ton of assignments mentally. Don't get me wrong, I'd take an upgrade at the position all day long but this year we could do a lot worse than Heath at the position especially with the depth in the defensive backfield being tested lately by injury.
