I gotta say, I agree with
@m0ng0 - Diggs is still effective at his main job, coverage. Still has speed, is still taking away a lot, and has a hell of a lot harder of a job than he did last year because Wagner simply can't cover lateral ground at this stage in his career. Barton was a pansy and Brooks hasn't performed well when called upon to be the MIKE, but they could cover a whole lot more ground and that slack is falling on Diggs to pick up, and he largely has picked it up without much issue. The missed tackles are what they are. It's disappointing, but he's doing an admirable job on the back-end.
Adams has the same issue with whiffs, sure, but he's also all over the field and affecting a ton of plays. He hits, he pressures, he closes on ball-carriers in a hurry, and he does need to be gameplanned around. Yes, it was a bad trade. Yes, he's overpaid. But on-field, he's absolutely a positive for us right now. Missed sack and all.
These guys are being paid a lot, yes, but I can't say that they both haven't been on-field positives this year.
This can get ugly. We've seen actual bad safety play, and these guys aren't it. They're operating for us.