(11-02-2022, 12:58 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(11-02-2022, 12:46 PM)ChrisJagBoy Wrote: I'd be more inclined to have Darius Williams in that spot personally, or at the very least have some safety help.

Then they'll just create the same mismatch on the nickel-back.

It's chess, and we have too many pawns, not enough heavy/royal pieces on the board in our back seven. 

Oluokun is playing through injury- not himself, Lloyd is great but he's a rookie learning NFL coverage, Herndon is a decent backup at best covering for a bad starter on IR, Williams may or may not play better outside, but they JUST got him acclimated to the slot. 
Jenkins is a roller coaster of good and bad, but hurts the team at crucial moments sometimes. Cisco is coming along nicely and Campbell is a stud. 

That's not the make up of a good coverage unit. It's one that good coordinators will pick on. If Griffin played up to his contract this would be easier to mitigate. He can't and we don't have the depth to overcome it.

It's exactly what we saw in the preseason.  The starters had enough talent to be a near .500 team but there was a steep drop-off with the backups.  Griffin failed to perform and is now on IR.  That one change makes us a solidly sub-.500 team, at least on D.  So the expectations have to go from "maybe we sneak into the playoffs" to "let's just hope these young guys develop."  Trevor showed some good signs the first three games.  He's regressing now, but we can still hope he bounces back.

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