10-31-2016, 05:01 PM
Remember when Leon Hall started to slip as a starting CB? We had Kirkpatrick to fill in. We had other options. Hall became a valuable asset because of his experience and versatility, but not reliable given his diminished skill.
I see this as the start of the exact same thing, except we don't have a guy like Dre that we're comfortable enough to plug in to high leverage situations. Dre took his lumps early on, but he also held his own and has turned into one of our better defensive players in 2+ years of full-time PT. If you told me Dennard would be in the same boat in 2017/2018, I would be fine with giving him more run right now.
As it is, Josh Shaw and Chris Lewis-Harris have seen run over him.
I see this as the start of the exact same thing, except we don't have a guy like Dre that we're comfortable enough to plug in to high leverage situations. Dre took his lumps early on, but he also held his own and has turned into one of our better defensive players in 2+ years of full-time PT. If you told me Dennard would be in the same boat in 2017/2018, I would be fine with giving him more run right now.
As it is, Josh Shaw and Chris Lewis-Harris have seen run over him.
