they don’t hit like Woodson… but I don’t see RB’s trucking our safeties on every play either. Plus, if I remember correctly, Woodson was much more involved in stopping the run then Hamlin has been, so like Wade said it’s not such a huge glaring concern.

Newman has a tendency to throw himself at players ala Roy Williams da First instead of wrapping up. I hate when he does that. It’s not like he’s bringing the weight and power of a Woodson or RW I.

Other than that, I thought they did pretty decent tackling. Now, if they could stay on balance when cutting and sticking closer to their guys to make plays on the ball, I’d be ecstatic.

considering how solid our front seven is (which is what Wade has said as well). Would it be great to put a player in the mold of Sean Taylor (i.e. great coverage safety and great hitter) back in our secondary? Heck yeah it would, but those guys are so rare that I am not going to sweat an undersized safety. Plus, consider the fact that even Hamlin didn’t tackle that well (Baltimore runs in 2008, 2007 Ryan Grant run, etc.). I am not really that worried for our run defense if Alan Ball is our opening day FS.

which requires good open field tackling. He’s not the biggest guy, but he does seem to take good angles (more than can be said for K. Hamlin) and wraps up well for his size.