(12-25-2022, 02:26 PM)carp8dm Wrote:

(12-25-2022, 02:18 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: Merry Christmas, my friend, but I'm afraid this is inaccurate. 

Jenkins stills sucks in coverage badly and that was why he was getting roasted last year. 
(he still misses some key tackles too, but I won't bother breaking that down till post season)

He hasn't done much to turn things around - but rather has a competent co0aching staff that plays him more wisely in a better scheme and better weekly game plans. 

Jenkins literally said it himself when asked the biggest difference between his play last year and this year. 

"Coaching." 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rayshawn-...17684.html

Also - Shaq Griffin was loved in the locker room and in the press. He was a team first guy and not a cancer.

He's just a really bad corner back.

But don't you think that Jenkins is more Troy Palamalu than he is Ronnie Lott?

I think Jenkins is best near the line of scrimmage, let him disrupt [BLEEP] and then find his way to the ball.  I think he's got a future here...  

https://media.tenor.com/K_ZimoMTNq0AAAAC...a-wink.gif

(Edit, I'm still trying to figure out how to get these gifs to embedd into the post.)

But seriously, I think Jenkins is a great free safety on 1st and 2nd downs.  Yeah, he may be a problem on passing downs, but only if you have him on a single coverate or a deep 2 zone shell where he has to cover half the field...

Jenkins has proven he's hard nosed.  I think he's worthy of keeping for next year and maybe 2024 as well.

(12-25-2022, 02:33 PM)carp8dm Wrote: homebiscuit
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(12-25-2022, 02:26 PM)carp8dm Wrote:

(12-25-2022, 02:18 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: Jenkins literally said it himself when asked the biggest difference between his play last year and this year. 

"Coaching." 

I think this is the point...

Jenkins finally got to play his natural position under Pederson.

Griffen was given the same chance!!  And instead he let his wife go off, and then he also started talking smack...  And decided he had a "back injury". 

Naw, I take a guy like Jenkins.  He was given the chance to finally play fast because he was playing his natural position. 

Similar to Cisco!!!  Dude, last year many of us were really pissed off that Cisco was being benched by Meyer.  And look at him now.  Cisco is Shining and so is Jenkins.  Keep those guys.  Give them another year under Caldwell's system and let's see what happens.

A few things here:

JENKINS is a decent box strong safety who struggles badly when required to cover. 
Last year he was also a decent strong Saftey who struggled when asked to cover. 
This year's staff is just smarter about mitigating the coverage calls so he isn't required to man up on a TE or WR as often.
He's not playing a different or "natural" position. 
 He played SS last year and plays there this year too. 

Cisco is a very talented player that PFF ranks 18th on there NFL safety rankings after week 16.
If my count is accurate JENKINS is ranked 68 out of 64 starting safeties. 

Maybe someone with a PFF subscription can double check that. Seems a bit low. I'd have put him around 50th.

You see, a ratings system like PFF (flawed as they may be) looks at every single snap. 
And while fans can allow their perspective to be easily altered by a few big plays, all those bad snaps still exist and factor into the rating and ranking on a site like that one.
And unfortunately, Jenkins has whiffed on tackles that resulted in big gains many times, and he has been burned badly by TEs and receivers when he had to cover them downfield and not just near the LOS. 
All of those bad plays add up. 
He has allowed a 73% completion rate this year - and in 5 different games this year he allowed a 100% comp rate.
Like I keep saying - Gotta take the good with the bad.

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note edits above

was X-Mas multi tasking LOL

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