The 2022 Draft

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(01-15-2023, 12:34 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: In my view, CTB puts himself into position to make more tackles than your average CB. And it is not just me or a few here. CTB played 591 snaps this year. Apple played 908. Apple played over 50% more snaps than CTB. Wanna know who had more tackles? CTB. 55 to 49. And this is not an Apple thing. Chido played 471. 80% of CTBs total (roughly 48/60, or 4/5ths). He had 35 tackles. 63% of CTB's total. Proof meet pudding. Yeah, I get Chido is better in coverage, but we play a lot of zone, and that number is significant. And Apple's is huge. 

After Revis' rookie year, he never reached more than 47 tackles in a season for the rest of his career. 
The year Deion Sanders won DPOY and was 3rd in MVP voting he had 36 tackles.
In the 5 years Dre Kirkpatrick started at least 10 games that year, he averaged 61 tackles a season despite missing games in all but of 1 the 5.

Rookie CBs are always going to get tested, as seen by Sauce getting thrown at a ton this year. If they respond well then QBs should target them less and less, giving them less opportunity to make tackles. I don't think making a lot of tackles is particularly a good thing on it's own for an outside CB.

According to PFR, CTB allowed a 102.9 QB Rating in his coverage with a 9.8% missed tackle rate and of course 0 INTs. No need to write him off or anything, because it's his rookie season and he can easily improve, but it hasn't been an extremely inspiring rookie year.