(12-25-2022, 02:47 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

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

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(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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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

I think we probably have pretty similar assessments of Jenkins...  I mean, at the end of the day, here's the real question about him...

Would you release Jenkins in 2023, or would you keep him for next season?

Do I think Jenkins is a pro-bowler?  Not right now.  I have hopes he can be one, and I think you would disagree.  

But that's not really the point here.  I think Jenkins is worthy of keeping, even at his relatively high price tag.  Would you rather let him go and try to either draft his replacement (huge gamble) or find a cheaper free agent with the money saved by releasing him?

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