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Matt, you didn't mention Aybar (#14) in your analysis of the D.  It seemed to me he was positioned to make more plays than he actually did.  Or is it his job to always go after the first option?

Aybar made a few plays and I also noticed him on the negative end of the spectrum with a missed tackle (which PFF didn't catch/didn't agree with me on). He also had some close-but-no-cigar plays where he seemed to be right in the passing/pitch lane but couldn't disrupt the play. PFF assessed him as having a subpar game, especially in coverage (which is interesting because Bailey, controversially, is usually the one we make drop back a h.u.g.e amount of the time but we did much less of that than usual and let Bailey come forward, as I and many others have been clamoring for). Anyway, I think you and I and PFF agree that Aybar didn't make as many plays as he could have.

[msqueri]

Matt, you didn't mention Aybar (#14) in your analysis of the D.  It seemed to me he was positioned to make more plays than he actually did.  Or is it his job to always go after the first option?

Aybar made a few plays and I also noticed him on the negative end of the spectrum with a missed tackle (which PFF didn't catch/didn't agree with me on). He also had some close-but-no-cigar plays where he seemed to be right in the passing/pitch lane but couldn't disrupt the play. PFF assessed him as having a subpar game, especially in coverage (which is interesting because Bailey, controversially, is usually the one we make drop back a h.u.g.e amount of the time but we did much less of that than usual and let Bailey come forward, as I and many others have been clamoring for). Anyway, I think you and I and PFF agree that Aybar didn't make as many plays as he could have.