Experience comes before physical abilities as a safety. Rod Woodson's been around this long for a reason. Tebucky is very good, but he still needs some time to adjust to the Saints defense. He can't gamble as much because the cast around him just isn't as good.
The Bucs don't need to be young though because their defense is dominating and they have played in the system since Dungy came over. The Saints have had Haslett as a coach for how many years? I believe, after examining many teams, that a coach has 3 years until his system can 100% be installed. After that it's up to the players, if they don't perform, either the coach or the players need to go.
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One day an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walked into a pub together. They each bought a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage, three flies landed in each of their pints. The Englishman pushed his beer away in disgust. The Scotsman fished the fly out of his beer and continued drinking it, as if nothing had happened. The Irishman, too, picked the fly out of his drink but then held it out over the beer and yelled "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT, YOU BASTARD!"
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