Earl is the real tone setter on defense

[scutterhawk]

I wouldn't call Earl the tone setter, that's Kam.

But Earl is certainly the safety blanket or net that allows everyone to get into their comfort zone in order to not think and fly around making plays.

You're seeing with him out a LOT of hesitation, miscommunication and guys just not looking comfortable on the back two levels of the defense.

Saw the same thing with Kam out, but now we're getting burned over the top, not underneath.

Kam is "The Tone Setter" for HITS, yes, but not the Coordinating catalyst for the whole of the Secondary that Earl has been.

 

[Hawkscanner]

This pretty much explains it all:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/wingoz/status/814890267211956224[/tweet]

Yep. It most certainly does. The sum of all my fears that I'd held in previous seasons (praying that Earl would never go down) come true.