That's so weird....I'm old enough to remember that when Simmons went to the Giants, Daboll said Simmons wanted to play LB, not safety as the Cards had him...the same Simmons who told Gannon he wanted to play safety, not LB....lol
This dude is gonna end up on a 3rd team as a DT, because everyone else has been using him wrong.
He lines up at both for them just like he did with us. It's obvious Wink Martindale hasn't found the secret sauce either.
For me his basic weakness is, and always has been he's slow to diagnose plays so as a LB he waits too long and winds up late to the ball, as a Safety he does what he did yesterday and abandons his assignment because he's guessing the ball is going underneath not understanding the bigger picture, no help with Tyreek Hill about to take the top off.
Straight ahead speed and athleticism isn't as valuable on defense if you take too long to read and react, or if you're constantly guessing. I always joked we should have moved him to TE but I honestly think he probably would have been a better offensive player than defense because he wouldn't have to diagnose the play as much.
He's not a horrible player but you have to put him in situations where if he makes a mistake, it's not a TD, and in the NFL that's hard to do because teams seek him out.
He has 20 tackles total in 5 games, had 9 in the game yesterday, 7 solo but was a complete non factor anyways. As mentioned aside from the Hill td he had a play where he met Mostert in the hole and got absolutely ran over. The rare play where he guessed right, got there to fill the hole in the right gap, and still couldn't get him down.
