Toward the end of last season, I was a vocal proponent for Aaron Rouse to take the starting free safety job from Nick Collins. Then, this past offseason, I told anyone who would listen that there was no doubt Rouse would beat out Collins in training camp. Then preseason came and went and we were told that Rouse was not consistent enough to pry a starting safety job away from either Collins or Atari Bigby.

Well, now that Bigby will most likely miss Sunday night's game against the Cowboys, Rouse will have an opportunity to make amends for his horrible performance in place of an injured Bigby during the second half of the Lions game. And when I say 'horrible' - I mean shockingly inept for a guy I thought looked like a sure-fire starter after playing against the Lions and Panthers last year. Here's hoping Rouse and the coaching staff get his many mistakes from this past Sunday (taking bad angles to the ball, ducking his head when trying to tackle, etc) corrected before Sunday night.