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Byard is the best safety in the NFL right now.


Alcibiades

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Is this even debatable? I remember last year people talking about cutting the guy, or how his sleeves tell QBs where he is, so he can't make a play. Well, those sleeves are giving QBs nightmares this year. He's been amazing. He's forcing fumbles. He's making INTs. He's defending passes. The only thing he doesn't do is get TFLs, but that's because of where he starts each play. He's a leader on the defense. The other guys clearly love him, and he deserves that love. Let's give it to him. 

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1 minute ago, Alcibiades said:

Is this even debatable? I remember last year people talking about cutting the guy, or how his sleeves tell QBs where he is, so he can't make a play. Well, those sleeves are giving QBs nightmares this year. He's been amazing. He's forcing fumbles. He's making INTs. He's defending passes. The only thing he doesn't do is get TFLs, but that's because of where he starts each play. He's a leader on the defense. The other guys clearly love him, and he deserves that love. Let's give it to him. 

I'm guilty of hopping off the Byard bandwagon. He wasn't playing well but it's starting to seem like it was due to circumstances outside his control. Really glad to have him back on his grind.

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44 minutes ago, JoelinBellevue said:

Byard still has no interest in tackling, and cannot cover 1 on 1, but he does have the instinct to undercut a route, or be 10 yards back and get an overthrow or deflection. 

???? Byard is a very good tackler. One of the surest tacklers on the team honestly. He takes great angles and always wraps up. He's not a big hitter but he's a very consistent tackler.

 

And he has consistently made 1-on-1 pass breakups all season long

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12 minutes ago, BTiger3733 said:

???? Byard is a very good tackler. One of the surest tacklers on the team honestly. He takes great angles and always wraps up. He's not a big hitter but he's a very consistent tackler.

 

And he has consistently made 1-on-1 pass breakups all season long

Last year he sucked, he is much MUCH better this year. 

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6 hours ago, BTiger3733 said:

???? Byard is a very good tackler. One of the surest tacklers on the team honestly. He takes great angles and always wraps up. He's not a big hitter but he's a very consistent tackler.

 

And he has consistently made 1-on-1 pass breakups all season long

He wasn't last year and gave up a lot of completions in man coverage. This year he's being allowed to play more to his strengths. 

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6 hours ago, Mythos27 said:

He wasn't last year and gave up a lot of completions in man coverage. This year he's being allowed to play more to his strengths. 

Not to downplay Byard but I'd say the much bigger thing is the defensive line forcing a lot more ducks than it is Byard playing more towards the rangey guy that he's best at.... Both matter immensely though

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5 hours ago, JoelinBellevue said:

Go check some game threads and see if people think he is. He still has flaws. The PI gave them the ball at the 5 and tied the game because of him. He evened it with a pick, but bad play on his part.

Those game threads are a terrible indication of anything lol.

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1 minute ago, OILERMAN said:

One of the podcast I listened to yesterday had a quote from Molden on XM radio where he said Byard told him exactly what play the Colts were going to run on the pick 6

Vrabel also said he called out the play on the near game ending INT he had.

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11 minutes ago, OILERMAN said:

One of the podcast I listened to yesterday had a quote from Molden on XM radio where he said Byard told him exactly what play the Colts were going to run on the pick 6

Got a link or remember the pod?

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