02-26-2017, 05:07 PM
(02-25-2017, 11:07 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Sure, injuries can be taken into account. A bad luck injury (Gio's torn ACL on a play that didn't look like anything, Dalton's broken thumb) is one thing, but if you keep getting banged up or hurt, it's another. Staying healthy is a skill, too. The reason why Sanders/Eifert/etc aren't technically busts is because of how dominate they are/were when healthy. Dennard doesn't have that.
I doubt his ball skills. He's played 585 defensive snaps. Last year ~1100 snaps was a whole season. So in a little over half a season of play, he has 84 tackles, 1 sack, 5 Pdef, 1 INT, 0 FF... that would pace out to be roughly a 160 tackle, 2 sack, 10 Pdef, 2 INT, 0 FF full season. Maybe good numbers for a linebacker, but terrible for a CB.
It's one thing if you don't have a lot of Pdef and INT because people aren't challenging your coverage (Revis in '10 had 32 tackles, 10 Pdef, 0 INT because nobody wanted a ball anywhere near him), but CBs getting that many tackles is a bad sign, doubly so when there's so little play on the ball. It means there's a lot of completions in his coverage and he then makes the tackle after it's completed. For example, DeAngelo Hall a couple years back when he had three straight years of 90+ tackles at CB because even though he made plays on balls, he gave up a bajillion yards/completions.
I honestly think Dennard's future in the NFL is at safety and he could have success there.
Thanks for the stats TLL.
I still think it is unfair to judge Dennard until he is fully healthy. I will judge what i see then.
Still haven't seen him 100%. He was coming off of injury last year.
Shaw is more of a Safety type. Another reason i think Safety is not a hole on this team.
I like both Derron Smith and Shaw if Shawn continues to play poorly.
Dennard thrived on the outside in college, i think he could be real good there if he has all Offseason and TC to prepare.
