Is Minter that bad? He only played 17 snaps so how can anyone know how he really can do if he has that limited amount of play? If he had 60-80 snaps a game and we never saw him, then I would say he was a waste. He had 17 snaps. Not much you can do with that limit amount of playing time.
But all the coaches, not just BA but all of them, and he may have the most assistants ever, they ALL see him practice and play. They evaluated all that and determined his snap counts. And it's not just against Denver man, it's been all year. All year.
Look, I was high on Minter. I even had a huge post awhile back showing all his tackle #'s and showing how badass he was. I was really high on the guy. But either he isn't NFL caliber or doesn't fit our scheme because he's been NO factor. He hasn't even made a thudding tackle when in there dude, nothing that makes you say wow. Forget coverage, I just mean on run plays, he's got nothing.
It's not hard to break into this LB group and he should be dying to, but he can't do it. Old men are replacing him. Old men with average skills.