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Originally Posted by DenverChief
Excellent post sir. I wholeheartedly agree about Reid - he just seems to have the leadership and alignment stuff down for the secondary guys. I have never really looked at coverage stats for safeties before so I was a bit shocked but as a Safety I think coverage #'s get a pass because they aren't supposed to be locked 1 on 1 with guys all the time, its a part of their job, but not their whole job - if he were a CB this would be another discussion.
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It's not just his coverage; he misses a lot of tackles as well. We were all bitching bout that early in the season in the GDTs. He cleaned that up as the season wore on, but it's been an issue for Reid since he was drafted. 2023 was actually one of his cleaner years in both categories.
But through the first couple months of 2023, Reid was giving up a vs. Passer Rating of around 117 iirc. Basically, he was making every QB look like Mahomes when he was targeted. Again, he got better as the season progressed, but he still finished the season allowing a PR of almost 90.0, which is still too high for what he's getting paid. And Reid has never been particularly good in coverage.
It's all moot though; we're almost certainly extending him.