Best NFL cornerback versus each route type - Dre Kirkpatrick

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(02-23-2017, 12:16 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: I guess I just look at the overall picture. The defense - and secondary in particular - took awhile to gel last season (new/old coach + lost Nelson), but did a fine job overall, IMO.

I just don't get the overwhelming Joseph love or the Coyle hate. Coyle was highly regarded in his last stint as our DB coach.

Mine (although I wouldn't call criticism hate) stemmed from an interview with Eric Thomas where he described a lackadaisical approach in practices during the OTAs and early practices where they were using poor techniques and not being overly concerned with defending the passes thrown.  Thomas was quick to point out that it was a very different look from that coached by Vance Joseph, and that prior season I though the secondary was one of the best and Adam Jones should have been in the Pro Bowl (as a CB).  

That is what frustrates me most, and that interview was before the Bengals played a game.  Yes, there was a new piece in Williams, but he had also played a lot of snaps the year before with good results.  Early in the season, that secondary was awful.  They did improve, but it was too late.