Superstar? Highly doubt it. I want to see him become a good tackler. His technique needs a lot of work.
Correct. Among current safeties, Earl Thomas is the closest thing approximating a "superstar". To get in that conversation, a guy has to be equal parts QB-fear-instilling, ball hawk and smash mouth.Superstar? Highly doubt it. I want to see him become a good tackler. His technique needs a lot of work.
After all, If he were to attain "superstar" status he will be playing somewhere else because Ted isn't going to pay "superstar" money to a safety.
Good point!Thompson signed Nick Collins and Morgan Burnett to lucrative contracts so there´s no reason to believe he wouldn´t hand out one for Clinton-Dix.
I don't think anybody is overlooking the fact that Dix was an overdue upgrade. But saying he's a lot better than Jennings is different from projecting him as a "superstar".Everyone seems to ignore the fact that this guy was generally always around the ball last year. Which is miles of difference between the constant out of position safety play we had grown accustomed to. I am confident that a rookie constantly around the ball with some missed tackles due to bad angles, over pursuit, etc... has a much better chance of being great then a safety who can't even find the ball.
Of course now I am thinking about a certain two point conversion and all I can say is wtf...
Just look how he progressed as the season went along, and in the NFC Championship game, he was masterful.