Sean Taylor struggling???

On the John Thompson radio show last week CP said that the Sean Taylor may be missing tackles, but the tackles he is missing he isn't even supposed to be making. He's basically putting himself in position to make plays that are supposed to be other people's responsibilities, but they're not doing it. I've noticed that myself too, on a lot of his missed tackles he's running to the other side of the field, where it seams that there should have been a lot more skins getting to that player before Taylor has to run all the way over from the other side. So he may be missing tackles, but in many cases Taylor is trying to clean up because people who were in much better position to make the play didn't do it.

On the John Thompson radio show last week CP said that the Sean Taylor may be missing tackles, but the tackles he is missing he isn't even supposed to be making. He's basically putting himself in position to make plays that are supposed to be other people's responsibilities, but they're not doing it. I've noticed that myself too, on a lot of his missed tackles he's running to the other side of the field, where it seams that there should have been a lot more skins getting to that player before Taylor has to run all the way over from the other side. So he may be missing tackles, but in many cases Taylor is trying to clean up because people who were in much better position to make the play didn't do it.

Well put. I think that could be exactly whats wrong. Plus, losing Ryan Clark I think really affected him as far as communication and knowing where his wingman would be all the time. He had to play with 3 different safeties this year....

What's with all the personal attacks on this thread?

I think Taylor's regression is first and foremost a coaching problem. The ESPN article a few weeks back with the "anonymous player" that comment quite a bit on the secondary and the coaching staff issues there I think really highlighted what's going on. Two separate coaches for the CBs and Safety's, neither units meeting together is just the start of the problems.

I've seen enough solid play from Taylor over the years that I'm not worried in the least bit. Hell, he's the only player on the defense I think should definitely be kept on the team.

What do you expect of a guy playing on this defense this year? He's working with a guy like AA who can't cover his own shadow, then with various backups at safety and CB who get changed like a dirty t-shirt. He's got Rogers playing CB, who apparently has bricks for hands, and then Springs who's only there half the time, so the rest of the time it's a backup of some sort. Next he's got linebackers who are abysmal, and a D-line that is letting the opposing RBs get 10 yards downfield without ever getting a hand on them.

What do you honestly expect one guy to be able to do with that kind of talent around him? It's really remarkable he's not worse this year if you think about it.

What's with all the personal attacks on this thread?

My two month old neice could tackle you........

What's with all the personal attacks on this thread?
i guess when someone else's opinion is different, it then becomes personal

My two month old neice could tackle you........

My four month old niece could take a dump on the keyboard and the sh*t she spews would make more sense than your rambling, incoherent posts...

But seriously folks, no need for personal attacks. Let's not start 2007 on a bad foot

My four month old niece could take a dump on the keyboard and the sh*t she spews would make more sense than your rambling, incoherent posts...

But seriously folks, no need for personal attacks. Let's not start 2007 on a bad foot

Good one TAF. Happy New year by the way...

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Just for some levity. Does Merriman have to register his head as a lethal weapon? You could stab a mofo with that thing!

ST is the only presense we have on defense right now. No one from any other team could name any of our other players, cause Sean is the only one that makes plays and puts fear in the opposing team. He is the SAFETY, not the linebacker, he's not supposed to have to make that many tackles. If Lamar and warrick could get off their blocks, maybe sean wouldnt have to run down an untouched tiki barber