Hypen, I kept a bit closer eye on Meek today (albeit on TV) and you’re right that he’s not the worst when the ball hits the ground.
Unfortunately, watching him closely highlighted for me how bad his ruck work was. He got towelled up by Pittonet, who is not exactly a household name. On boundary throw ins in particular he was constantly out of position and often barely gave a contest.
Obviously the team hasn’t been great, but three marks in three games just isn’t good enough for a team crying out for targets.
There’s scope for improvement but in any decent team I’m not sure you can play Meek and Darcy together very often, and Darcy is just a much better player at this stage.