(12-25-2022, 03:09 PM)carp8dm Wrote: (12-25-2022, 02:47 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: 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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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?
We have many positions to upgrade.
SS is one of them but it is low on the list compared to others that are in worse shape.
Depending on how free agency shakes out and how much cap space we can find elsewhere - I'd keep him and focus on fixing OL, DL, nickel cb, and making sure TE doesn't fall off a cliff with all the free agency losses.
Jenkins would get another year to hopefully make some more impact players in between his struggles in most scenarios if it were me calling shots.
If the cap situation turns really dire, I'd cut him, add a mid round pick, and give Dewey a vet minimum deal as insurance.
