Sportster 72
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I am a long time Penn State fan. Lavar was such a great athlete. He freelanced in Joe's defense. He freelanced here too. His knee and Greg Williams not liking him got him out of here. Even though he free lanced he could still make some plays. Imagine ... they thought Archuleta could play.LeVar eh. Interesting. Though imo LaVar had all the attributes you'd want in a weakside backer. He certainly played outside of the scheme. Collins on the other-hand has no business in any type of man coverage 10+ yards beyond the LOS. He gets absolutely ate up in coverage. I don't know if he plays outside the scheme, he simply doesn't the attributes to play in a man cover scheme.
That Collins contract was ridiculous and once again put on display the ineptitude of Bruce Allen. Though I can't say I really understand Collins hesitancy at playing more LB than safety. It'll certainly be to his advantage come contract time and it plays nicely th the attributes that he does have.

Collins as you said can play near the LOS but he can't cover himself. It was a terrible signing and typical BA.