11-02-2018, 01:32 PM
(11-02-2018, 01:08 AM)Circleville Guy Wrote: The AFC’s Defensive Rookie Player Of The Month is Jessie Bates! He was also named on PFF’s mid season All Pro list with a 83.8 grade. I just wanted to give props to this young player and to anyone involved with the pick. It says a lot when working with the LB’s that he’s done so well out of the gate.
Bates looks like a good one. You knew from his scouting report that he'd be good in coverage, but his tackling in the run game has been solid. That was the one area coming out of college that you could question.
Fej grades really high at PFF too. I kid you not, he was grading out as an Elite Safety up until recently when he had too few snaps to qualify.
Really Quickly:
Williams 63.3 - Above Average #57 S
Bates 83.8 - High Quality #4 Safety
Fej 91.0 - Elite - But not enough snaps to qualify anymore. He was something like the #2, 3 safety when I looked several weeks back.
So between Bates and Fej...we could have 2 Top 5 Safeties out there.
