Who did we get for him?
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Minkah Fitzpatrick's been reduced to a scarecrow.
If ... it sounded like I had a complaint coming through that preamble, rest assured that's it. Distilled to the core of this now officially disturbing defense, that's it.
It's not that he suddenly stinks. It's not that he doesn't suddenly stink. But it's more that, as the central figure in a secondary that's now being scorched every week, he functions as an ideal place to illustrate what's really going wrong back there. And why it'll be a challenge for Keith Butler and Mike Tomlin to solve it simply through schematics.
Start with this: Minkah hasn't been good.
Like, at anything:
• 0 interceptions
• 0 passes defensed
• 9 catches on 12 targets
• 136 yards allowed on those
• 40 yards after the catch
• 16 solo tackles
• 4 missed tackles
• 0 tackles for loss
• 0 forced fumbles
• 0 fumble recoveries
• 0 sacks
Bye, Bye sweet prince...