Steltz Aims To Prove White People Can Play Safety
Quick, name a white guy who plays safety in the NFL!! (No, John Lynch retired.) Still thinking? If you got someone in the first ten seconds congratulations, you’re smarter than I am. There aren’t too many of them left out there, so it’s somewhat eyebrow raising that the Bears could possibly have one of their own this season. As has been said way too many times before, the Bears have questions at safety. What better a time to give the white guy a shot?
(For those still wondering: Eric Weddle-Chargers; Brian Russell-Seahawks to name a few, feel free to mention more in the comments.)
The Chicago Tribune correctly opines that Mr. Steltz has a lot to prove before anyone feels remotely comfortable having him back there. Concerns about his pass coverage still follow him and that is precisely what the Bears don’t need. If the front seven performs like they are capable of we won’t be needing too many stops from our secondary, BUT, no one will run on us if they can just toss 15 yard seam routes to the tight ends cause our safeties cover receivers like retarded six year olds.
There was that guy Leopard who played safety for the Ravens at the end of last year. But he did only so because of injury and was cut after the season, so nevermind I guess. We should have kept Mike Brown and played him at strong and maybe Graham and free, just because he is the best of the group in coverage. You know the Bears are going to put someone in like Payne who can get one or two big hits in a game, but is going to be joke in coverage. Trading Chris Harris away for a fourth rounder was a totally good idea, considering he was second in the league in forced fumbles behind Tillman.
Other than Mike Brown, I can’t name a BLACK guy who plays safety in the NFL.
Other than Mike Brown, I can’t name a BLACK guy who plays safety in the NFL.
Brandon Lloyd? Oh, I thought you said “safely.”
Just to pile on the bad news: http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/huddleup/2009/07/five-chicago-bears-on-the-spot-steltzs-job-just-got-a-lot-harder.html