I just don’t think it makes sense to have him guard WR1 all game and then have to go against an opposing DB1 on the other side (assuming they have him playing both ways). But that’s just me speculating.
Let’s see how he feels going 3-9 getting burnt like toast by grown men (no shame in it but kid is going to be asked to guard WR1’s as a child) in the frozen tundra.