08-02-2016, 10:09 PM
Those stats just say that he's basically an average outside corner.
But what really caught my eye about Kirkpatrick last year was the schooling he took from Antonio Brown in the first quarter of the first game against Pittsburgh. The Steelers just marched right down the field at the opening bell and most of the completions on the drive were to AB covered by Kirkpatrick. Then we changed up on defense and eventually won the game.
Of course, that brought back memories of Dez Bryant running Kirkpatrick right off the field a couple of pre-seasons ago. That pre-season performance was really where people starting questioning Kirkpatrick's talent at corner. It was a ridiculously bad performance.
All that said, a healthy Kirkpatrick is better than an injured corner who isn't getting in the game. So I guess it's smart to keep drafting them high as we seem to need that depth every year. It's too bad that we've already lost one corner before the first pre-season game.
But what really caught my eye about Kirkpatrick last year was the schooling he took from Antonio Brown in the first quarter of the first game against Pittsburgh. The Steelers just marched right down the field at the opening bell and most of the completions on the drive were to AB covered by Kirkpatrick. Then we changed up on defense and eventually won the game.
Of course, that brought back memories of Dez Bryant running Kirkpatrick right off the field a couple of pre-seasons ago. That pre-season performance was really where people starting questioning Kirkpatrick's talent at corner. It was a ridiculously bad performance.
All that said, a healthy Kirkpatrick is better than an injured corner who isn't getting in the game. So I guess it's smart to keep drafting them high as we seem to need that depth every year. It's too bad that we've already lost one corner before the first pre-season game.
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