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I joked about it last year he was a TE playing LB. Obviously he's still young but that was pathetic that we were taking him out on run downs because Vance didn't trust him to not fall for the eye candy and overrun the play.
John Wooden had a million sayings, one of his best was "be quick but don't hurry", someone needs to explain that to Simmons he plays ILB like Budda plays safety he comes sprinting up with long strides and the RB just cuts and and Simmons overruns it. He's just out of control all the time. I really don't know what you do a new DC might find a better way to use him but I'm not convinced he's an ILB I think he might be a safety. He is not horrible, but I was really focusing on him tonight and even on the pass plays it's amazing how often he's out of position or overruns the play. The one to Kupp late he missed Kupp twice downfield including when Kupp is literally on one leg because Jalen Thompson is holding the other leg, Simmons still overran him and couldn't help tackle him.
So many things went wrong this year the 2nd half but Simmons to me regressed dramatically. I really hope we fire Kliff so Vance goes too and whoever comes in as DC has a plan that Simmons can execute
John Wooden had a million sayings, one of his best was "be quick but don't hurry", someone needs to explain that to Simmons he plays ILB like Budda plays safety he comes sprinting up with long strides and the RB just cuts and and Simmons overruns it. He's just out of control all the time. I really don't know what you do a new DC might find a better way to use him but I'm not convinced he's an ILB I think he might be a safety. He is not horrible, but I was really focusing on him tonight and even on the pass plays it's amazing how often he's out of position or overruns the play. The one to Kupp late he missed Kupp twice downfield including when Kupp is literally on one leg because Jalen Thompson is holding the other leg, Simmons still overran him and couldn't help tackle him.
So many things went wrong this year the 2nd half but Simmons to me regressed dramatically. I really hope we fire Kliff so Vance goes too and whoever comes in as DC has a plan that Simmons can execute