Quote:Yeah I meant first game of the year against NM St my bad...and even worse. He got beat deep in the 2nd quarter for what should have been an easy TD. There was another very similar play that should have been a deep TD in I believe the Ole Miss game, too. 

 

Obviously every DB gets beat some time so I'm still not really knocking him a lot, but I think Hargreaves is going to wind up being a smaller Patrick Peterson, aka playmaker that also gives up big plays, than a Revis/Sherman true shut down corner. 

 

It was one play where he bit on a move and the defender got behind him and was incomplete.  Certainly not the 3 times you were saying earlier.  He did get a pick on a deep ball later in the game.  Defenders getting behind you happens occasionally to even Revis and Sherman.  Hell, Revis' last game in college he got torched by Louisville all day.  The closest Hargreaves has ever been to torched was against Amari Cooper, even though he really didn't.  He gave up like 5 catches for 60 yards and a touchdown against Amari (and that's giving him the catches where VH3 was playing zone and Amari caught the ball leaving his zone in the seams), but some like to pretend like Amari schooled him.  The rest of that production came against safeties. 

 

VH3 is an excellent cover man and the deep ball isn't his issue in my opinion.  He covers that very well.  His coverage issue is that he doesn't have the height to cover a 6'4" receiver on a fade in the end zone and win consistently.  He contests the catch, but he can't win those battles on a well-thrown ball.  Like 90% of the balls caught on Hargreaves are comeback routes to the sideline for 8-12 yards.  

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