[quote=“Tcmouse, post:21, topic:21062”]
1). Dude you still don’t get the fact that Anzalone calls the defense. It much more then tackles Barnes has got better and getting more playing time.
1). Ans. In the Chicago game the snap count was 38 Anzalone, 27 Barnes, and 26 Rodrigo. There was a series for the first time that Rodrigo and Barnes were on the field together. Guess what, the team didn’t fall apart while Anzalone was out. Sounds like you believe the hype that Anzalone has to be on the field to call the plays, Barnes wore the green dot during the series when he and Rodrigo played together and did fine, I was at the game 16 rows from the field. This did not cause a loss as you seem to think would be the case.
2).They were winning games they were not gonna just put him in there to get experience at the cost of the team or a shot at the playoffs.
2). They can win with Anzalone having less snaps, and not on the field, the Chicago game proved that.
3).And Anzalone has a 125 tackles this year. So your whole missed tackles thing is a little miss leading
3). 125 tackles seems like a lot, but it has nothing to do with his missed tackles. He was able to achieve that number of tackles due to opportunity, 1080 snaps. Barnes had 47 tackles on just 349 snaps, and Rodrigo had 71 on just 614 snaps. If Barnes continued to tackle at the same rate with the additional 731 snaps he could have achieved in the neighborhood of 150 tackles and remember he is a better tackler than Anzalone, he has proven that both years they have been in Detroit. So what is truly miss leading is the 125 tackles that Anzalone has.
4). Anzalone is the better player right now. Barnes has a lot of ability but still out of position at times.
4). Anzalone is a better player based on What, it sure ain’t the stats:
Barnes 40 time 4.58
Anzalone 40 time 4.63
Barnes bench press bench press 29 reps
Anzalone bench press 16 reps
Barnes college career tackles 226
Anzalone college career tackles 75
I am not a fan of PFF however even they have Barnes rated higher as a NFL linebacker Anzalone 56th out of 84 Barnes 48th out of 84. So where are you getting your info???
5). When playing for a wildcard spot Couldn’t afford to have ball go left and him go right.
5). In every game that Barnes was given any significant snaps he played well and the Lions won. No Linebacker on the team had a better single game than Barnes had against Greenbay 12 tackles 1 sack and 1 pass deflection. Interestingly that coincided with the most snaps he had all year, 50 and the Lions won.
Anzalone had his best game came against the Vikings 11 tackles 1 pass deflection, but on 71 snaps 21 more snaps than Barnes when he had his best performance and THE LIONS LOST. NEED I SAY MORE???