Mongo_76
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Sorry... But I''m not the "casual" fan.The splashy play observation phenomena rears its ugly head again. Conte played well because he made 2-3 diving INTs. Fuller only played well when casual fans saw him creating turnovers, etc. etc.
The guy played pretty darn well for a much longer period than 2 games. I watch corners a lot and appreciate technique (back peddle, using the sideline as an extra defender, overall positioning, breaking quickly on routes, etc,), and the guy is very technically sound as a football player, has decent size and enough athleticism to excel and not just exist as a starting CB in this league. What the Bears need to do is get a larger corner or nickel to pair up with him and take on the bigger receivers bc he struggled when matched up with them later in the yr.
I watched him lose receivers, let receivers get spacing, take the wrong leverage, and get bodied out a lot.
Maybe that was the result of an injury.
Maybe it was experienced receivers taking advantage of his greeness.
Maybe he didn't try as hard when the rest of the D kinda gave up on Tucker.
But, he didn't play well for the season as a whole. He just didn't.
And again, I think he has shown me enough to be optimistic. But, no one can say he had a good season.