I don't think this hurts us that much. Demeco is a good tackler and team leader, but he is not very good in pass coverage (where we have truly been killed this year). He doesn't cover well, doesn't blitz well, and doesn't drop to the deep middle well.
If Bentley is healthy (not sure what his injury is), or Sharpton can get on the field (?), we will see a small drop off in our run d, but not a big difference overall.
Demeco's replacement yesterday, David Nixon, had 9 tackles (7 solo) in the 2nd half. This is basically what Demeco does. Make lots of low impact tackles. In his career he has 8.5 sacks, 2 INTs, and 5 forced fumbles in 70 games. And in the last 3 seasons he has 3 sacks, 0 INTs, and 3 FF. He just doesn't make impact plays. He tackles guys a few yards downfield.
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