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Originally Posted by BleedBurgundy
With his myriad abilities, playing safety should better allow him to create problems for the opposing team both in pass coverage and through situational blitzing. Being a linebacker takes some of the advantage of his athleticism away, because he would be required to fight off of and through blocks. That is not his body style, he's more of a striker that roams and picks his shots, usually at top speed. His advantage is his ability to cover a large swath of the field and close quickly. His ball skills should vastly improve were he in a situation where he didn't have to keep one eye in the backfield at all times. That comes with better coaching and better teammates. I just don't think he is the problem, which switching his position would suggest. If anything, moving him to linebacker would simply highlight the fact that we don't have legitimate starting talent at the position currently on the roster.
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This is probably the best post I've read summing up Taylor's season.
While his wasn't a good one overall, I think 111 tackles, which led all NFL safties and many linebackers, should say a lot about our defense as a whole and how it performed. Taylor shouldn't be moved to linebacker, he should stay exactly where he is.