Vs Series: Jessie Bates vs Reggie Nelson

[Nicomo Cosca]

(03-26-2023, 12:43 PM)Synric Wrote: I think Reggie had the more consistent career but Jessie had the better career year. The difference in the size of area of responsibility for these guys is big. Reggie had a ton of chances to attack the line of scrimmage and getting into the quicker passing windows he was very very good at this. Bates played a ton more in cover 1 he had the entire 3rd level to patrol usually this doesn't lead to lot of stat sheet years (the lack of pass rush probably increased his stats). 

That seems pretty accurate. I never remember Nelson having almost entire seasons worth of down play like Bates did.

Bates was probably our best player during the Super Bowl run though, I’ll give him that. He was just maddeningly inconsistent from one year to the next.