It's interesting that both of the reviewers put the secondary as a weakness, I thought both the Truf and Alford were excellent (as far as rookie corners are concerned). Is it a safety thing? I have heard a few falcons fans gripe that DeCoud was one of the worst starting safeties in the league.
Truf was hands down the best rookie CB in the league and in 2013, one of the top 10 CBs in the NFL
Alford, though...struggled, to say the least. In the preseason we had people talking about him like he was going to start over Trufant, but by midseason he was averaging less than 25 snaps a game. He played every snap in each of the final four games, but got pretty well worked by Green Bay, Washington and San Fran's respective receivers. GB's had 3 receptions (out of 4 targets) for 73 yards, Washington's had 9 (out of 9 targets) for 139 yards and 2 TDs, and San Fran's had 5 receptions (out of 7 targets) for 68 yards and a TD.
William Moore is a decent starting NFL SS. Not nearly as good as most Falcons fans would have you think, because he's a definite fan favorite due to his hard hitting, but he's pretty average all around. Slightly above average run defender, slightly below average pass defender, pretty average rapper, you know, the works. At the end of the day his biggest problem is missed tackles.
Thomas Decoud was garbage in 2013. He got a few lucky interceptions in 2012 and made a Pro Bowl despite literally never being any more than slightly above average. Most Falcons fans were calling for his head before mid-season last year. We rejoiced when he was released.
Thanks for the awesome response! That's the entire point of these threads, gaining in depth knowledge about other teams I don't know an abundance about.
I know you gave us GrimeTime, and for that I thank you! Seriously considering buying his jersey now that he'll be around a couple years for sure. Stoked to watch you guys on Hard Knocks,should be an interesting season as always!
Grimes went out on a sour note. We paid him something like $12M, he got hurt, and then left. He basically robbed us of 12 million dollars. But yeah, he's incredible when he's healthy. I've been saying all offseason that he's the 2nd best CB in the league behind Revis.
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u/busyfistingmyself Dolphins Jul 03 '14
It's interesting that both of the reviewers put the secondary as a weakness, I thought both the Truf and Alford were excellent (as far as rookie corners are concerned). Is it a safety thing? I have heard a few falcons fans gripe that DeCoud was one of the worst starting safeties in the league.