Secondary - Why bash them?

[JonasNJ]

One question.

Why do people keep bashing the secondary? Especially Kirkpatrick.?

To me this looked like they did hold down one of the greater offences to 10 points.!
When Pig Ben did hes scrambling, he could not even find an open taget after 5-10sec. That means the secondary did a hell of a good job.
On one scramble, where Ben had the most time of all, they covered so well he tried to push it into a covered target, and we picked it off.

IMO they did outstanding - Holding one of the hottest WR combos in the leauge. To 10 catches for 96yards and 1td.
They took away the deep passing, from one of the best teams in the leauge doing this. Longest catch by a wr? 21yds.

I take my hats off for this secondary. And also Kirkpatrick.
He might be giving up a few plays, but they all will. Remember it is hes first year starting, and he could do ALOT worse.



I believe many teams in this leauge would kill for our secondary.

Kudos - 7-0 !!!

And btw.
We now have a 99% chance of going to the PO, 97% chance of winning AFCN, and 64% chance of 1 rd bye.
Also no team with a 3,5 game lead at this time, has ever NOT won the division.

[GreenCornBengal]

I agree with ya. I see people complaining about Kirkpatrick because he didn't look so good on the first scripted drive by Pitt. After their scripted drive, the secondary did an amazing job. Brown was absent and they kept Bryant from making any big plays.... Bell being hurt helped a bit of course.

[reuben.ahmed]

It seemed like Dre was getting burnt play after play. Even on one of the picks, Dre was burnt - but that's why Ben threw the ball (so maybe it was a good thing, trap play? lol).

I'm surprised for how small Dre is, he should be able to "catch up" (with speed) when WRs are beating him. That's basically all he's good for since it doesn't seem like he can tackle well or play press coverage.

[corpjet]

Not bashing but would love to see Darqueze get some more snaps

[Aquapod770]

(11-02-2015, 09:31 AM)reuben.ahmed Wrote: It seemed like Dre was getting burnt play after play. Even on one of the picks, Dre was burnt - but that's why Ben threw the ball (so maybe it was a good thing, trap play? lol).

I'm surprised for how small Dre is, he should be able to "catch up" (with speed) when WRs are beating him. That's basically all he's good for since it doesn't seem like he can tackle well or play press coverage.

He's 6'2'' and ran a 4.51.   Speed isn't exactly his game.

[Fresno B]

Kirkpatrick's nickname is the molester. Any ideas why?

[*jason*]

(11-02-2015, 10:20 AM)Fresno B Wrote: Kirkpatrick's nickname is the molester. Any ideas why?  

No idea. He's not good enough to have a nickname.

[yellowxdiscipline]

(11-02-2015, 09:36 AM)corpjet Wrote: Not bashing but would love to see Darqueze get some more snaps

He will.. Patience grasshopper.

[tigerseye]

Adam Jones is a very good CB and we are fortunate to have him. Everybody has been singing his praises for how much he has improved here late in his career and he has. But lets hold our row on Kirkpatrick he's just scratching the surface and he's already doing pretty good. He seems like he is working on his craft and has mentors helping him to improve his game. I think he's going to be a 1 for us but Rome wasn't built in a day.

I think him and Darquez have their heads screwed on straight and they are going to be cornerstones.

I give ML and the organ. credit for bringing these guys along slowly. Its not what the players or the fans want but I honestly think it is what is best for the player and the organization. Building a winner that will last.

Just my opinion
Who Dey

[bengals73]

I think having a Leon Hall back was a big boost for our secondary this week.

[*bengalfan74*]

One of the best WR's on the planet exploited him on that first drive. After that the entire D played an excellent game especially with our D line going through long dry spells !

All CB's are going to get beat on occasion, he just started tense and got burnt. I'm not going to jump off a cliff on him just yet.

[tigershrimp]

DreK on that first drive?



Pacman and Reggie the rest of the day?

[tigershrimp]

(11-02-2015, 09:36 AM)corpjet Wrote: Not bashing but would love to see Darqueze get some more snaps

Or Shawn Williams. Dayum. Marvin sure does like them Georgia Bulldogs.

[jj22]

The secondary played great after the first drive, but Dre was singled out and picked on. It wasn't until he got help over the top from our safety's (that played great) that things settled down.

[Element]

(11-02-2015, 09:31 AM)reuben.ahmed Wrote: It seemed like Dre was getting burnt play after play. Even on one of the picks, Dre was burnt - but that's why Ben threw the ball (so maybe it was a good thing, trap play? lol).

I'm surprised for how small Dre is, he should be able to "catch up" (with speed) when WRs are beating him. That's basically all he's good for since it doesn't seem like he can tackle well or play press coverage.

he's a tall cornerback, not small