11-29-2020, 01:30 PM
(11-28-2020, 10:29 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Pratt sucks.
No he doesn't. He has been targeted 31 times in pass coverage and only allowed 181 yards. That is only 5.8 yards per target which is pretty good.
He has 55 tackles and only 4 missed tackles. Again a 6.8% missed tackles rate is pretty good.
I realize there are no hard numbers to show how many times he has been out of position or made bad decisions, but it is hard to define these problems because we don't know his exact assignments or responsibility on every play.
He is also being used differently than he was last year. He has already played almost as many snaps this season (417) as he did all of last year (439) but he has only blitzed 19 times this year compared to 28 last season.
I can't find a breakdown of how much he is playing by down, but this year he has made 66% of his tackles on first down, Von Bell is the only Bengal with more tackles on first down than Pratt's 36. But Pratt only has 1 tackle on third down. Last year he only made 55% of his tackles on first down but had 8% of his tackles on third down.
