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[barrett]

And I don't mean this post to knock Demeco, but rather to show that high tackle numbers are not very meaningful.

NFL 2017 Tackle Leaders
1. Preston Brown
1. Joe Schobert
3. Blake Martinez
4. Christian Kirksey
4. Deion Jones

None of those guys are big time NFL players and none come from top defenses. The only one who made the top 7 LBs in pro football focus grades was Jones who was the 4th LB (I say top 7 because that's all I could find listed). 2 of the top 5 tacklers were on the same bad Browns defense and compiled volume tackles while being on the field a ton.

So yes Demeco was very, very good. No getting lots of tackles does not mean a guy is a great MLB.