When the other team rushes for a 4.7 average and over 130 yards - that isn't average.
Getting completely blocked out on quite a few running plays should have him getting a really low score.
I don't care how many tackles and assists he got when the other team is running all over you.
I never once saw him get a tackle inside of 5 yards. At least I don't remember his name being called. The only times I saw the Bears running back get tackled within 5 yards - it was either Fiske Young Hoecht or Turner getting the tackle. I think I saw one from Verse too.
We used to have the same conversations with Ogletree, Littleton, etc. Littleton in particular would always position himself to chase, and would have games where he put up tackles but I was like "who gives a shit when he's conceding yards." There were plays where he purposely slowed and the RB would commit and cut and then he'd close on him to avoid taking him head on.
And somehow the Raiders failed to see that when they scouted him as a FA. And he predictably busted as a FA addition. Which is why I always say that coaching staffs are not infallible. Sometimes the fans know what the fuck they are talking about. Littleton's ideal position would be a weakside backer in a 4-3. Put him in space where he can chase. Rozeboom is similar but lacks Littleton's speed.
Reeder, like many others we've seen to include Ogletree, is inconsistent as hell on his fills. They both had the same problem, which is a lack of that switch in their heads that automatically throws telling them to fill quickly. And neither could tackle for shit. Ogletree never learned to stop tackling dudes high, and took bad angles. Reeder doesn't tackle high, but he is also inconsistent on angles and neither had that switch in their head.
Jones is a lesser athlete than Reeder but that switch in his head gets him there faster. What we need is a guy with the wheels and the switch. And oh hey by the way Speights may have both. But well, he's got the epic player Troy Reeder ahead of him on the depth chart.