(05-22-2024, 07:32 AM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(05-20-2024, 10:53 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: We've all known from the get-go that Nielsen would play more man and ostensibly a good amount of press-man with his corners.

That immediately called into question Tyson Campbell's ability to play more man after struggling that way as a rookie - to the point that Caldwell began using more zone coverage to utilize players' strengths in his secondary.

If this comment is worth reading into at all, it would appear our new DC has confidence in the young corner to adapt:

https://twitter.com/_John_Shipley/status...0289178102

It was like the first half of hos rookie season lol.  Rookies usually struggle a bit in the first half if their rookie season regardless of scheme.  He was a good man corner in college and we played some man in 2022 when he had his best season and he was one of the better corners in the league.  It's not something that will be new to him hopefully he's back to 100%.  A healthy Campbell is a top 10 corner imo in any scheme

It wasn't just the first half of his rookie season. This board is littered with posts in 2022 bashing the kid every time he didn't track a ball in the air after he had to turn his back to the QB. 

He's a better zone player than he is a man coverage player. 

Of course playing man isn't "new" to him, but the question is whether or not he'll adapt well to playing much more of it. 

Caldwell altered the scheme to allow Campbell to keep the ball in front of him much more often than the original plan.
Nielsen won't do that as much. 

I'm one of Tyson's biggest fans and one of the few here that loved the pick when it happened. 
I'm just being real about his skillset. He's young and can improve that aspect of his game with a new crop of coaches, but it is still an unknown at this point.

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