I come to praise Chris Ballard, not to bury him.

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Originally Posted by albany ed

I think it was Belichik who had the philosophy to put a player in a position to succeed. Franklin should never be on the field during obvious passing situations. It's not his fault he sucks at pass defense, he certainly makes the effort. He just sucks at it. Keeping him on the field during obvious passing situations is not on him, it's on the coaching.

This is true. To the point that I've often wondered why the Colts keep two backers on the field in obvious 3rd and long situations. Eberflus did it, Bradley did it, and now Anarumo is doing it. It wasn't a burden when Eberflus did it, because Leonard and Okereke were excellent coverage backers.