Comments on: What’s Next – The State of the Secondary http://blackandteal.com/2011/06/29/whats-next-the-state-of-the-secondary/ A Jacksonville Jaguars Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Andrew Hofheimer http://blackandteal.com/2011/06/29/whats-next-the-state-of-the-secondary/comment-page-1/#comment-5224 Andrew Hofheimer Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:20:17 +0000 http://blackandteal.com/?p=7610#comment-5224 Luke, nice article and I think you're right about a lot of points here. I think we're better off at corner than we realize and that our still-developing pass rush (which has been a multi-year project, set back by the Harvey/Groves tandem falling flat) was not effective enough last year to let the secondary showcase whatever talent might be back there. Mathis isn't the elite cover man or ballhawk he used to be in his prime, but he's still pretty darn good and can cover most guys in the league. I think Derek Cox is plenty capable and should level out as a solid, though not likely elite, #2. Middleton was serviceable last year and Rod Issac may represent some upside. Courtney Green is honing his instincts and I believe is capable of an '07 Sammy Knight level of consistency - which is ample upside for that position in this defense. If the pass rush comes along, our coverage will play/look tighter and with a FS capable of making plays and capitalizing on QB's mistakes, we could be closer than we think. Luke, nice article and I think you’re right about a lot of points here. I think we’re better off at corner than we realize and that our still-developing pass rush (which has been a multi-year project, set back by the Harvey/Groves tandem falling flat) was not effective enough last year to let the secondary showcase whatever talent might be back there. Mathis isn’t the elite cover man or ballhawk he used to be in his prime, but he’s still pretty darn good and can cover most guys in the league. I think Derek Cox is plenty capable and should level out as a solid, though not likely elite, #2. Middleton was serviceable last year and Rod Issac may represent some upside. Courtney Green is honing his instincts and I believe is capable of an ’07 Sammy Knight level of consistency – which is ample upside for that position in this defense.

If the pass rush comes along, our coverage will play/look tighter and with a FS capable of making plays and capitalizing on QB’s mistakes, we could be closer than we think.

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