(S16) - PT1 - NFL

[Moosecop]

When I created Barnes near the end of season 7 I initially intended for him to be more on the Brian Dawkins or Troy Polamalu tier of safety; a free safety that could cover, play in the box, and hit the offense hard as hell. Eventually, I learned that the sim engine we use is complete butt cheeks so I decided to switch my mentality and bring him closer to my favorite current player in the league, Jets strong safety Jamal Adams. Just like Adams has shown in his 2 years in the NFL, Barnes is able to line up anywhere on the field on defense such as up top in cover 1 or 2, as another linebacker, in the box, out wide man covering a wide receiver. Over the course of Bucky Barnes' career, he has proven himself to be exactly the type of player I intended when I switched my goals for him. He has hardly ever been near the top of the leaderboards for any individual stats but he has managed to be a presence in almost everything. He gets sacks out of the safety position, pulls in interceptions and pass defenses, racks up tackles, forces fumbles, and he has proven he can handle being a kick and punt returner if his team needs him to do that.