First, getting a 4th and a 6th for a safety who has been, at best, average was a good trade. Whether under Schiano or Lovie, Barron has not looked good and has looked like the exact opposite of a modern NFL safety. He can now be labelled a bust.BUT! What concerns me is that this highlights an inability by Lovie (and/or Licht) to adapt to their personnel. Now let's be clear - Lovie just in 2012 had the NFL's no. 1 defence and the "Tampa 2" is not an out-of-date defence. Yet, the Bucs starting safeties were clearly not deep-cover or man-the-slot players. Crafting your defenc expecting them to be has been a mistake.I think the esteemable Chris Brown captures it prefectly: Chris B. Brown ?@smartfootball 2h2 hours ago@sgw94 I would've liked to see Bucs go to more 5 DBs vs base personnel and put Tandy in and Barron at OLB/hybrid role, but you watch closerThe Bucs clearly did not, and do not, have much talent on the defensive side of the ball beyond McCoy and David. So why not play to Barron's strengths and move him into the box and play Big Nickel more? Our LBs (including Lansanah) have been bad in pass coverage so why not give Barron more time in that role?It just stinks of a coach who isn't able to adapt his scheme rapidly enough to the personnel. We expect it of offensive coaches, why not defensive?And let's be clear - there are obvious counter-arguments. (1) Barron was also terrible in coverage (2) his tackling clearly regressed (3) possibly couldn't pick up defence more quickly etc.
