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(03-17-2022, 12:13 PM)basballguy Wrote: Someone give fred a trophy for proving my point.  

Eli Apple only allowed 54 receiving yards on 8 targets in that game.  6.8 yds per target is pretty good.  He also had 7 tackles.

And how is making the biggest play of the entire game not a good thing?

As for penalties the better CBs usually have a lot of penalties.  I don't know why.  Maybe it is because they are extra aggressive?  Maybe it is because they are more often close enough in covergae to make a play and get a penalty.  But for example just look at this year.  Apple had 5 penalties.  Half of the 8 CBs selected to the Pro Bowl had at least 5 penalties.  Trevon Diggs had 9 while Jalen Ramsey, J.C. Jackson, and Marshon Lattimore all had 5.

Apple is not a #1 CB, but he is a decent #2 or a good #3.  All the stats seem to prove that.

I could make any CB in the league look like crap if I just pointed out everytime he was beaten or committed a penalty and ignored everytime he was good in coverage.  And that is what you are doing with Apple.