re: Let’s have a real, non-hyperbolic, talk about the defense

When Tampa Bay was good under Dungy Tomlin was making his bones coaching the DBs.

Tomlin preached a saying which they then hung in the DB meeting room -

If you do NOT TACKLE you WILL NOT PLAY

Last level of Defense -

In Cover 2 especially CBs Must be able to tackle - Safeties it's their primary job.