Phillips, Hopkins, Tate , Johnson

[THE PISTONS]

(12-30-2019, 12:43 PM)impactplaya Wrote: At the close of the 2019 season  there were some players made great Strides and the 4 I named IMO have made the biggest.
The curious thing is that....all 4 of these players
Are not high or even mid round draft picks.
Let's look at their short resumes

Phillips. 4 INT in less than 100 snaps. Given a high grade
By PFF.

Hopkins..just got a extension. Enough said

Tate. 40 catches. Very reliable 1st down target

Johnson..stout In pass protection in his 2 games
Bengals scored 68 points in the 2 games he played. Definetely a lock on the roster next season.

The thing is. Some of these guys are out playing
1st RD draft picks.
That's a bad and good thing.
Explain to me why these non 1st Rd draft picks
Are escalated their games ?
While others are regressing.
I'm not a fan of Tobin and the scouts
But props for finding them gems
Who can be potential core players ahead

Hopkins was good at the start of the year and markedly declined as the season went on. He was probably an average C most of the year...which is ok.

Tate has potential, but his catch rate needs to improve. Maybe he just gets bad throws? I dont know.

Phillips... yes I'd like to see more. 4 ints is great with how bad our other corners are at intercepting. I think Dennard only has 3 or 4 for his career!

Johnson? Time will tell. I know Steelers fans liked him. But Bengals fans liked Westerman.

Hubbard looks solid like people said.

Mixon could have an MVP caliber year next year IF he does it for 16 games.

Dennard played well in the slot.

Boyd had a good year all things considered.