Your logic doesn't track because Trevon Flowers and Tank McCullough had those same coaches as Alontae and Theo. So did Warren Burrell. They weren't very good under Pruitt and they still aren't very good now. Yet, they all were starters under both regimes. That speaks more to how poor the overall talent is in the DB room. It's hard to make lemonade with kumquats.
I feel like they are getting the nod partly due to seniority and “knowing” the system. If Slaughter can be serviceable at corner his coverage skills are probably better than Tank’s cause I’m pretty sure Tank would be even worse there than at safety. Tank is good in the box but not covering the back end. And I’d like to think Turrentine would be better than Flowers since he was so highly recruited out of high school and Flowers can’t cover jack ****. Maybe since he just got here in the summer he hasn’t fully gotten a grasp of what they expect out of the FS position.
Flowers and Tank are back there because the safeties make the calls and checks for the secondary. That's where the seniority comes into play. Missing those is almost an automatic TD or big play. I believe this is also where Jeremy Banks was missed the most last Saturday. He makes the calls and checks for the front seven.
Atleast given an opportunity. But for all of the shortcomings from 1 & 2.. in their defense sometimes they’re not setup to be the best versions of themselves play in and play out. DC lost his confidence sat. night and if you want a clinic on a lack of fundamentals just see 5 out there playing corner
Slaughter has been having to start at corner, which should help as a starting safety next season. Turrentine or Jourdan Thomas probably should have gotten more snaps, but I think they are wanting to redshirt Thomas. Turrentine hasn't really flashed when he's gotten to play. It would be nice if we could see how they perform in practice.
He's faster and has better instincts. Better tackler. He's not as big but what does that matter if you're never in position to make a play?
