Before you jump to “he’s a rookie!” Yes, I acknowledge that, and understand that dumb penalties sort of come with the territory.
But those holding calls were not borderline calls; they were pretty blatant.
I’m encouraged by what I’ve seen otherwise, but I certainly hope they use the bye to try and clean some of that up. I get that he’ll probably continue to get an occasional PI just by the very nature of the type of player he is, but the holding has got to stop. Or, at least made to be a little less agregious.
But, I think Troy put it well. “Put mittens on the guy in practice because his first instinct is to grab the receiver when he feels like he’s getting in trouble.”
He’ll learn the grabbing. I’m more encouraged that he doesn’t seem out position, rarely, and isn’t getting cooked by NFL WR routes. He’s already 90% of the way there. Just gotta clean up the hands. It’s hard to come into the NFL and be good as a CB immediately. Guys like Sauce are the exception, not the rule.
Yeah this is pretty much my thought on the matter as well I think he actually looks pretty good out there still seems confident he’ll hopefully get it figured out because he could be pretty good if he can clean that up
Yeah, he’s plenty sticky enough to be a top corner in the NFL. The penalties will be fewer and fewer, I think. It’s kind of an art form and he’s just getting his feet wet after four games. I think he’ll be a very good one.
Remember, Slay wasn’t a very good corner until his third year. I think Arnold will be a very good one sooner than that.
Rookies just have to learn the finer points of technique and some positions are tougher than others. CB is one of those positions.
Last year Ekeler was abel to notice Gibbs tipping some of his runs before the play and discussed it briefly in a video. They just need time to learn
I am still very encouraged but what I see so far. I think he’s further along at this point than Slay was. Sadly, slay is really the only good cb I remember us drafting and developing
I didn’t notice how much Rakestraw played tonight but I’m pretty excited to see what he can do as well. It would be great to have two promising young corners along with Branch and Joseph
I actually don’t have a problem with arnold right now. Kid is right there every time, and I would say that probably half of his PI calls have been pretty ticky tack, compared to the OPI that isn’t called with push offs.