Quote:It can't be understated how perfect of a fit Ramsey is for this defense, he has All-Pro potential in our scheme. If you asked Gus to draw up the ideal CB for this scheme it would come out looking like Ramsey. This scheme calls for long, big press man CBs that play physical and have the speed to run downfield with receivers and can play the run as well. Ramsey is that to a tee. Gus has never had a CB with Ramsey's athleticism and traits. With his 6'1'' 209lbs frame and 33 3/8'' arms Ramsey can jam and reroute receivers at the LOS with ease and sometimes can force them out of bounds taking them out the play completely. He plays very aggressive against he run and screen game and diagnosis them immediately.Thanks to his length and leaping ability his range is crazy. Up to now we've not had a CB with Ramsey's athleticism at the position. Not even close. Let alone his alpha dog mentality. He is of the mold of Patrick Peterson, Richard Sherman, and Josh Norman in terms of his bravado and his bully mentality on the field. I find that a lot of his flaws (turning to find the ball downfield, inconsistent tackling technique, ball skills) come from a lack of experience at the CB position as he didn't play 100% boundary CB until this year (and he was still a lockdown corner despite it) and once he has more time and coaching the sky's the limit. We haven't had a talent like this at CB in a looooong time. Maybe ever.

 

Anyway I just wanted to make this thread to remind people why a lot of us wanted Ramsey so bad and how huge it is that we got him. He is an elite fit for this defense and down the road we can start using him like Tyrann Mathieu or Green Bay Charles Woodson where he will really be a nuclear weapon once we get more talent at the CB position.

 

It can't be underestimated how perfect Jalen Ramsey is as a DB in general.  Here is a guy that Hall Of Fame Corner Deion Sanders approves of (which is a huge honor in itself) because of how hard Jalen works when not in a game off the field and practice.  At 6'1", 209lbs he sure is a very physical corner with 9 1/2" hands (not nearly the 12" hands of Buckner) yet he is able to throw WRs to the ground as if he was 300lbs.  He is able to jump 41.5" in the air to knock the ball down from WRs while he is able to keep up with the fast Wrs (4.41 in the 40) he can 135" vertical keep up with the quick slant inside and is very physical on the press coverage (probably the best press coverage DB in the NFL).


He is surely the best asset to the defense.. but wait.. the team also has Myles Jack adding to an already great LB core of Poz & Telvin Smith (recently ranked 89 of top 100 NFL players).  The Defensive line being revamped with M. Jackson, Odrick & fowler and marks returning from injury.. along with other competition.. having TaShaun finally helping out as a ball hawking free safety the only huge glaring weakness on defense (besides questionable Leo) is Strong Safety.. we hope that Cyprien or Sample gets it together though.

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