Two Bob Sanders stories today. Oehser
When Sanders is healthy and playing at his game-changing, momentum-turning level – i.e., his level of 2005-2007 – he is one of the NFL’s elite safeties, and one of the few defensive players who almost routinely makes turnover-forcing plays.
Sanders said he saw flashes of that high-level play against Buffalo, and what Caldwell said has been most noticeable recently about Sanders is the vibe around him.
“I think he has a fresh outlook on things because I think he feels good physically; thus, you can kind of see it in his entire attitude,” Caldwell said. “He’s anxious to get out there and play. But just like anything else, first time out, you may not set the world on fire.
Linebacker and defensive captain Gary Brackett said it was good to see Sanders “flying around. The game will come to him.”
It will, but he needs more time for that to happen.
Sanders was credited with two assisted tackles, but he was unable to deliver a finishing hit on a couple of other occasions when his aggressiveness seemed to get the better of him. The NFL’s 2007 Defensive Player of the Year still is finding his way.
“It’s been a long time, almost two years,” Sanders said Monday. “(It’s) just not being out there. The feel, the reads, stuff like that.
“To me, I felt like I did OK, but I can be sharper.”
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