12-14-2016, 02:17 PM
(12-14-2016, 11:16 AM)Wyche Wrote: BOOM!
You are correct on the Pitt game as well. TYPICALLY, the Bengals don't switch CBs from one side to the other, but Brown owned Dre so badly that opening drive, they switched Pacman to cover him if memory serves, and he was pretty much silent the rest of that game. One thing I certainly remember, Brown thoroughly abused Kirkpatrick on the opening drive. He and Pig Pen were playing catch out there....
This is the problem with fan perception. The Steelers drove 80 yards on 12 plays. Before the td that Hall allowed Brown had 2 catches for 27 yards and drew a PI call. And based on those three plays many fans assume that Kirkpatrick is awful.
Yet I am the one who gets accused of cherry picking. If I looked back at every drive I am sure I can find soem bad passes by Dalton and some drops by Green. Yet for some reason people do not judge those two players by 2 or 3 plays nfroma single drive.
Just like EVERY cornerback in the league Dre gave up some completions. But when you look at his entire body of work he generally ranked among the top 30 in every coverage stat I can find.
