07-03-2019, 08:30 AM
(07-03-2019, 01:43 AM)XsandOs Wrote: Teams don't pick first round CBs to play slot. He is stuck behind Dre and WJ.Blah, blah, blah. Again tell me why he wasn't taken by one of the thirty one other teams this off season? He resigned a one year contract with the Bengals at half his 2018 salary.
So his market was slot, not outside. That's unfair to him, but that's his resume'.
He is making the best of playing arguably a tough position.
Slot is under appreciated by fans, but it is maddening to prepare for. Rarely you get safety help, you don't have the boundary as a defender, you are exposed to crossing route picks, and in any given week you have to prepare for quick twitch or big possession receivers. And you have outside responsibility on run.
Maybe he will get his chance to go back outside, but until then, he is part of the strength of this defense - a solid secondary.
