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MalabarJag · 11-30-2014, 12:40 AM

Quote:Don't Blame the Cornerbacks, Who Are Doing Their Jobs

Again, per PFF, where our cornerbacks stand in comparison to the rest of the league.

Demetrius McCray 36th of 112

Alan Ball 48th of 112

Dwayne Gratz 66th of 112

Will Blackmon 96th of 112

And in 2013?

Alan Ball 22nd of 110 tied

Will Blackmon 22nd of 110 tied

Dwayne Gratz 42nd of 110

Mike Harris 55th of 110

Its the safety position that is killng the Jags. We have an extremely young offense who are playing reasonably well at most positions given their inexperience, other than Bortles, who is going through his rookie quarterback learning curve and El Joke who is near the bottom of offensive tackles. Most of the defense is doing pretty well and we would probably have some wins if not for the breakdowns at safety.

Thanks for the info.

Looking at just the CBs, it appears that 1) they all dropped off except McCray who didn't have stats last year, and 2) maybe we should have kept Mike Harris. Blackmon in particular is playing really terribly this year after a great 2013, and that's obvious PFF or not.

I'm a bit skeptical of PFF's ratings for safeties and LBs, but they seem to be accurate for other positions. While Cyprien and Evans have been disappointing, I don't think our safeties have played as badly as PFF's ratings makes them out to be.

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