I can definitely see it happening, but it most likely won’t. And the reason is that McDermott and Babich have been hiding him very well, to avoid scenarios like this. On any pass play that has any reasonability of being a long shot, they have Hamlin playing so far freaking back that you would think he was heading to the locker room. The long play in the Texans game shows what happens when you have 2 bad safeties on the field (Rapp was out). The Texans caught the bills on first and 10, going deep, and we had Hamlin on the weak side of the field, within 15 yards of the LOS. they knew there was no way that Hamlin could provided any pass support whatsoever with his slow speed, so as soon as the receiver got past Douglas, it was over. Cole Bishop bit hard on the pump fake too so he obviously has major blame too, don’t get me wrong.On likely rundowns, you’ll also see it’s not uncommon for us to shift LB’s shifted toward his side, because they know there is a good chance he misses the tackle.
I’ve been telling people this all year, right on this forum, but no one likes to believe it. They think I’m just hating on Hamlin. I’m not. I have nothing against the guy whatsoever. He’s just not a good football player.
I’ve made a few jokes about Elam over the years, but I’ve seen far more from him that I’ve ever seen from Hamlin.