Apologies to Jenkins and Harper, It was the scheme

Scheme?
Or development?

At least he has highlights. Only ones here are Browner's penalty flag count.

Gonna have to say f@ck apologies.

Jenkins was a horrible safety while here. As a pro much of that lies with him. He should apologize for never making plays on the ball, the countless duck head dive at feet miss tackle and always arriving late to the play.

Harper was fine close to the line and we all saw his lack of coverage skills. I don't remember a drum beat to get rid of him but rather to try and improve the position if possible.

In 20/20 I would say it was a wrong move getting rid of Harper but not Jenkins as he just never played well here.

I would say scheme and the cornerbacks that we had supporting the cast at safety.

It's also worth mentioning that we've had terrible run defense ever since our Superbowl year. It's extremely hard for safeties to play good coverage when you have running backs passing the line of scrimmage almost completely unhindered.

Meh, we got a Super Bowl out of both of them.

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Jenkins has the same deficiencies in Philly as he did here. Don't just look at the highlights and think he is a world beater. He still has bad ball skills and takes terrible angles.

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...he's also 10 times better than Byrd.

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Hopefully he can bounce back in what is set up to be his first full healthy offseason in NOLA.

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Contract or not, he and Browner have questionable futures here...

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Or development?

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This is the NFL, not junior college

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You don't think development is important in the NFL?

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I would argue that you grow more as a player in the NFL. Some players come out of the NCAA and just snap into place. Depends on the type of program they come from in the NCAA and the type of program they enter in the NFL.

Some positions like CB and some LB schemes are pretty instinctual and have less to do with learning and more to do with getting to the right place with weight, muscle, and endurance. Safety is one of the hardest positions to play well, IMO. Just given the fact that Jenkins got through his growing years with us, that is ample enough explanation for me why he is catching on better in Philly. I think there is a lot to be said about your supporting cast.

I am a strong believer that success in football begins at the line of scrimmage and works its way backwards. Being bad at the farthest point away from the LOS indicates more than just a bad player at that position. Again, inconsistent pass rush except for Rob Ryan's first season with us. Poor run defense for the last 6 years (we haven't drafted a decent linebacker since the 90s, until maybe this year). Mixed play at corner; losing Greer was basically the jenga piece that sent the tower falling down. It's no wonder why our safeties play like sh*t.

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Nope.