Pretty straight forward – Patrick Chung is the primary strong safety and Tavon Wilson spells him. Chung usually is in the box and has been a far more significant piece of the defense than a lot of people expected him to be. It hasn’t been mentioned much but he had a strong day in coverage yesterday – something that was usually his weakness.
I like the physicality and experience Chung brings to the position. I think the Pats were okay with the tradeoff of him and Gregory. Though I’m still not sure how much he plays later in the season when Browner’s back, against the top passing teams.
Duron Harmon is more of a free safety and comes on when they want someone on the back end so McCourty can move down or they can play two-deep zones. Ebner has been the real surprise, carving out a role for himself in the dime defense in the Money role. Need to take a closer look to see exactly how they are using him.
