Boston/Whitehead

[Khyber53]

17 hours ago, WOW!! said:

Whitehead is terrible.. But Boston has made some plays and is definitely the leader of the surprisingly solid secondary and defense.. 

Ppl love to hate on a player when they don't understand how the position is supposed to be played... But reality is he is the oldest and most experienced member in a hurt and very young secondary and he is doing a solid job holding them together..

Exactly! 

Boston is still a willing tackler, too. Whitehead is usually either completely out of the play or just jogging back to join in the pile a pick up an assist. 

Whitehead needs to be benched.

[electro's horse]

The worst thing about whitehead is he gets in the way of the other linebackers. 

They were crushing us yesterday on those toss plays and sweeps. The DB would attack his block and force gurley back inside, but the linebackers couldn't get there fast enough because Whitehead is so goddamn slow. 

[therealmjl]

Has Whitehead ever made a solo tackle?

[jfra78]

2 minutes ago, therealmjl said:

Has Whitehead ever made a solo tackle?

13 solo 27 combined

[xPariahx]

Trey can't tackle? Say it ain't so. That shits been a thing since before he left for the Chargers. He thinks throwing himself at people constitutes good tackling.

[Moo Daeng]

Everyone begged to get Boston back.

[Ratzer]

Boston is below average which isnt too bad. You cant fill your roster with Superstars everywhere.

Whitehead sucks. 

[electro's horse]

Boston would love to be able to tackle someone. Anyone. 

[Khyber53]

19 minutes ago, bull123 said:

bench him for who?

At this point you could put Waldo from Where's Waldo in there and have a better chance of finding the Mike LB on any play.

 

[Moo Daeng]

1 minute ago, bull123 said:

thats not true

The majority did. 

[xPariahx]

1 hour ago, Moo Daeng said:

Everyone begged to get Boston back.

I DID NOT. I tried telling people in internet comment sections. LoL

[Bartin]

On Whitehead it appears the coaching staff realize that he sucks. His percentage of defensive snaps has dropped significantly since the start of the season.
 

Week 1 - 90%

Week 2 - 72%

Week 3 - 64%

Week 4 - 53%

Week 5 - 54%

Very slight uptick in week 5, but there is a definite inverse correlation between Whitehead’s snap count and team defensive performance.

[panthers55]

19 hours ago, WOW!! said:

Whitehead is terrible.. But Boston has made some plays and is definitely the leader of the surprisingly solid secondary and defense.. 

Ppl love to hate on a player when they don't understand how the position is supposed to be played... But reality is he is the oldest and most experienced member in a hurt and very young secondary and he is doing a solid job holding them together..

Agree that Boston is a leader and he is really the glue back there. He could play better if he wasn't always trying to help everyone else out so that he sometimes is way out of position. He needs to trust the corners to do their job and do his own.

As for Tahir, he tries. On some of those Gurley end arounds he was in good position and knew where the ball was going but he was too slow to get there. I think he has good instincts and awareness but he lacks the speed and athleticism to.make plays like Luke did. The problem is you can't coach speed or athleticism. You have it or you don't.

[Diehardpanther02]

19 hours ago, WOW!! said:

Here we go fake ass bravado from a nobody.. I don't care what credital you make up.. Your opinion doesn't matter to me.. I can see with my own eyes that a group that was supposed to be the worst in the league is holding up.. And some credit must go to the unquestioned leader of that unit.. Plus he is making plays.. He blew up a RB and TE screen today. 

Wasn't you the one talking about people hating but not knowing how the position is played. You must have rode the bench. On the outside looking in, I smell fake too, and WOW it's coming from someone else's opinion who doesn't matter.

 

As for the topic, boston is a place holder. Rhule will replace him after a while, he's a piece, and hes working for now. But he is god awful in the run game and in pursuit, pretty solid about being in position when in coverage though and that's what you need out of a free when you got a hitter like Chinn at Strong.

 

Loosen up bud. You could get colon cancer with all that tightassness