Davon House now underrated for the Jaguars
By Daniel Lago
With all the new additions made to the defense, it’s easy to forget the Jaguars already had a very good cornerback in Davon House.
The Jacksonville Jaguars had one of the worst defenses in the NFL in 2015 and their record reflected that fact. While Blake Bortles and the rest of the offense took a big step forward and began to develop into a formidable group, the defense regressed and couldn’t stop any opposing passing attack.
While the defensive line shouldered most of the blame thanks to a non-existent pass rush, the secondary left much to be desired as well. The safety play was horrific and the Jaguars didn’t do a good job covering receivers in the middle of the field.
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The lone bright spot in the secondary was free agent signing Davon House. Outside of one bad game versus
, House was consistently aggressive and successful against number 1 receivers.
Vincent Verhie of Football Outsiders recently did a piece on the most underrated players for each team and he landed on Davon House for the Jaguars:
"Cornerback Davon HouseHouse’s coverage numbers during his first season with the Jaguars weren’t impressive, but that’s partly because head coach Gus Bradley assigned House to cover the opposition’s best receiver in nearly every game. We charted House with five times as many targets covering the opposition’s top receiver compared to Jacksonville’s other starting cornerback, Aaron Colvin. House also was third in the league with 23 passes defensed. He plays physical, controlled coverage and has the raw talent to match the premier receivers in the NFL."
House definitely showed off his raw talent last year and he did so without any help around him. He was routinely left without help over the top and he still held his own for the most part.
With a good free safety (Tashaun Gipson) and two other solid options at cornerback on the other side of the field (Prince Amukamara and Jalen Ramsey), House should take a step forward in second year with the Jaguars.