(11-08-2024, 06:54 PM)pulses Wrote: CTB should be a safety and not a CB.

That or a maybe a nickel corner.  Why do we have to keep saying that about every corner we draft?

Another observation: Our corners were not world-beaters in 21 or 22.  Awuzie was good in 21 and missed the last half of 22.  I'm still not sure he was ever a true number 1.  We had rookie CTB and ELI FREAKING APPLE manning those spots for a lot of games when the team was at it's defensive peak.  

The problem goes back to the same place we continue to arrive in these discussions.  We had the best safety tandem in the league and then let both walk in the same year.  With Bates and a younger Bell back there, they could get away with not having great corners.  They lost talent and didn't replace it at safety or anywhere else in the secondary.  Frankly they're lucky they got by for as long as they did with the mediocre talent they were running out at corner.

(11-09-2024, 08:43 AM)Synric Wrote: I wonder what Cam Taylor-Britts side breakdown looks like. It feels like he is playing alot more RCB compared to last year where I think k he played more LCB.

He's played in the slot 29 times. 

LCB 76 times
RCB 455 times

He's taken 70 of those 76 LCB snaps in the last 3 games. 

Last year he played LCB on 301 snaps and RCB on 244 snaps.

Coming into this year I thought CTB would be a real asset. Hopefully he can get back to that same player.

His "decline" has paralled the Bengals decline in pass rush this year and i don't doubt it's across the board for the entire backfield. I doubt he's simply forgotten how to play CB. All the zone Lou is playing behind a very poor pass rush certainly isn't helping his cause. 

He's given up a perfect passer rating against, three times this year. Twice against Baltimore and once against Andy Dalton.

2024 - 131.3, 3 worst games: 158.3, 158.3, 130.4
2023 - 67.6, 3 worst games: 141.7(blt), 118.8(ten), 116.7(sf)
2022 - 88.3, 3 worst games: 140.3(car), 118.8(cle), 108.3(ten)

(11-09-2024, 02:03 PM)masonbengals fan Wrote: Coming into this year I thought CTB would be a real asset. Hopefully he can get back to that same player.

Yeah, I was always pretty high on him. I thought the only thing that would hold him back was the injuries. But he’s been one of the biggest disappointments in a season full of them.

(11-09-2024, 02:08 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Yeah, I was always pretty high on him. I thought the only thing that would hold him back was the injuries. But he’s been one of the biggest disappointments in a season full of them.

I still think highly of him no disrespect intended. 

The ultimate issue with CTB is he loves to gamble and try to jump routes. There's enough film on him now and WR's just continuously exploit those tendencies and he's too thick to change his play style. Even the highlight plays that people go nuts over are diving plays on the ball ...diving because he's been burned to a crisp and is out of position.

And dude can't tackle and some want him at S?

CTB’s performance is so bipolar.

I’ve seen him look fantastic and brutal.

(11-08-2024, 06:54 PM)pulses Wrote: CTB should be a safety and not a CB.

Kind of always thought that myself Pulses. CTB at Free Safety and Jordan Battle at Strong and we might have a solution here.

CTB won't get beat on those double moves anymore and he would be free to do what he does best and use his athleticism and instincts.