poorgriz said:
I'm not trying to be a dick here (save the - don't worry buddy, you don't need to try :lol: comments) but did you lose multiple other players out of your secondary? I remember Bobby saying, and a bunch of you echoing how good and deep you were in the secondary. In fact I'm pretty sure I could dig up threads where posters were saying this is the most talented and deepest secondary they could remember. Seems weirs to lose one player and take a nose dive.
Graves might eventually become a really good safety for us, but there's a pretty big dropoff between him and Robertson in pass coverage, especially.
If you've watched the games (dunno why anyone would assume you have, but whatever) you'd notice one of the things that's hurting our defense the most is horizontal routes across the middle and out, which Robertson is (or at least was) exceptional at covering. He also didn't tend to be fooled as easily, and breaking up even just a few critical plays in a game can be the difference between getting off the field quickly and giving up 150 yards passing vs. 400 yards passing.
He's also better at closing on the RB in the open field than Graves is, which means instead of 2-3 yard runs, we've at times given up 4-6 yard runs, which ,again, you wouldn't think is a huge deal, but over the course of the game, these add up significantly.
Good thing there are people on this forum that can teach you how football works. :lol: