Take a deep dive with Dan Powers into some thought provoking statistics.
https://atozsports.com/detroit/are-jerry-jacobs-and-cam-sutton-the-worst-cornerback-duo-in-the-nfl/
It’s an interesting article and begs the question of how important it really is to prioritize the position.
Receptions and yards seems like an insufficient method of analysis. The 49ers have a lot of games in which teams are playing from behind. Which means a lot of receptions and yards.
Ward is significantly better than either of our CBS IMO and Leonoir is better than Jerry.
Sutton playing 30 yards off his receiver consistently has been my nightmare.
Jacobs just happens to so bad that we overlook how terrible Sutton has been.
Good points. I would also say that it fails to account for turnovers generated. Statistics don’t lie, but they don’t tell the whole story either.
Corner are a little over rated.
You need functional DBs. Thats about it.
Dont need to pay $10m+ for a super star.
With a great d line. That will help the corners.
Both. Good offenses will tend to adjust both to pressure and poor coverage and good coverage with no pressure.
Agreed. But like givien the option.
Give me a A+ d line
And C DBs
Vs
C - Dline
A+ DBs.
If those are the two options then I agree. But I think I might prefer B and B. I’d have to think it through more.
I remember when we had Darius Slay or ‘Big Play Slay’ that being said I can see how CB’s can be used and useful to help a team so I can see merit in having a stud Corner.
Revis was the best CB ever and made a big impact by shutting down one side of the field. At the time most teams only had a one and a two WR as their main targets. Now every team has 3 or 4 WRs, 2 TEs, and at least 1 RB that all can be targets. Give me 2 CBs and a slot that can tackle and cover ok. I don’t need a shutdown corner. The money should be spent on the edge rushers that can get home.
Pass rush is a bigger factor than the CB position itself. Sort of analogous to this:
If the pass rush gets there, the CB is less important.
I’ll take Prime over Revis.
Zone, Press-man, 4.4 speed, can locate the ball, doesn’t get run out of the gym at the top of the receiver’s route.
What do you grade that? If that’s an A, then I want two As.
No CB in the league can cover for 5 minutes.
The Dline hasn’t gotten pressure all season.
This times 1000. Watching this team at its best and its worst, has made me come to the realization that a good O line and a good D line make everyone else look great. It’s almost all that matters.
This is a really good point as well. I know that in games where we were getting pressure, the CB’s seemed to be holding their own. Perhaps it could be argued that a better defensive line would vault Sutton and Jacobs to middle of the pack?
We’ve generated reasonable amounts of pressure in 6 to 7 games. But we’ve only finished with any degree of efficiency in two or three of those. I’d say that in addition to generating more underlying pressure it’s equally important that we learn to finish at a decent rate.
Got to have at least either a good D-line or good CBs. Right now the Lions have neither.
I still think it’s important to be sound on all levels of the defense. That way when attrition strikes you’ve got a punchers chance at not having one position group completely tank the defense.
You ever notice how often great CBs get moved? Ramsey and Talib too. They all played for at least 3 teams. Something to think about.