Sean Davis Playing ‘Good Cop’ In Move To Free Safety

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Erik Estrada in CHiPs. Reginald VelJohnson in Die Hard (and Family Matters…and pretty much everything else). These are the cops you grew up watching. Pittsburgh Steelers safety Sean Davis is doing a little policing himself this season.

Moved to free safety before the start of 2018, Mike Tomlin praised the job Davis has done and the improvement he expects to see going forward.

“He is a traffic cop back there, if you will,” Tomlin said during his Tuesday presser. “He occupied the role Mike Mitchell occupied before him, that Ryan Clark occupied before Mike Mitchell. It is a hub of communication. It’s a lot of responsibility that comes with that role. He’s delivering similar, tangible production in terms of numbers and tackling, But this guy has made a dramatic step in terms of what he brings to us. Because he keeps a lid on it back there, he communicates, hes a hub of communication. He’s done a heck of a job of it.”

Not giving up big plays has been one of this pass defense’s biggest improvements from 2017, where they started the year off strong but crumbled down the stretch.

Last year, they gave up 13 passes of 40+ yards, third most in the NFL. This year, that number currently sits at four, tied for the fifth fewest in the league. And since the Steelers six-game win streak began in Week 5, they’ve allowed just one, the third fewest by any defense. Davis isn’t the sole reason for that. But he is a big one.

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[El-Gonzo Jackson]

Where are all the Mike Mitchell fans that believe he was a very good safety that just got a bad rap for talking a lot?

Mitchell was a guy that was overdrafted by the Raiders due to his combine times, then teased with 1 good season at Carolina and finally lasted in Pittsburgh because they did a lousy job of drafting other positions, so couldn't afford to draft another safety until this season. Davis, Edmunds and Burnett all make the safety position better, by the subtraction of Mike Mitchell.