Originally posted by elguapo:
Originally posted by Niners99:
And 4 in 8 years for Ward. Our 2 starting safeties have a combined 8 picks in 7-8 years. Embarrassing. Goldson and Whitner had 8 picks in 2011 alone.
This. I'm sure we will get plenty of people defending them and saying turnovers aren't everything
With that attitude and logic, I guess touchdowns aren't everything or interceptions aren't everything and we could just throw out Jimmy Garoppolo as being very good or solid player even though oftentimes it's quite the contrary.
Ward and Tartt are generally good at keeping to their assignments and limiting big plays. They typically don't have a lot of busted coverages and I think that's important.
Guys who take care of their coverage responsibilities are important. Josh Norman is a good CB-example. The guy's great at forcing fumbles. Not a good cover corner anymore and is a DPI machine.
Not gonna say forcing turnovers aren't important, they certainly are, but Ward & Tartt are serviceable and doing what needs to be done. Tartt is relatively cheap as well. Just had to point out that they're not garbage, but yeah, if we DO have an opportunity to upgrade, I'm all for it.