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Originally Posted by Daseal
Please, explain to me WHAT Rogers could have done on that play. There's nothing you can do in single coverage vs a slant, especially someone with that type of speed. I remember talking to gmanc during the game, we both agreed that Rogers wasn't put in a position to make a play. That's nearly an impossible play for a DB to make.
Maybe this is why the Redskins don't draft. One of the hardest positions in the NFL to play, and our top pick of only two years ago, should be playing like an all-pro? It takes time to learn, get used to the NFL, etc. We need to give our draft picks time to adjust and learn how to play, and I think Rogers will be our #1 corner in a few years and will be great.
Rogers is a very solid player and will only get better. We all talked about Jason Campbells rookie mistakes, why isn't Rogers who was drafted in the same year allowed to have them.
No pass rush, very little help from the safeties and even the other corner. Put this guy in a position to break up plays, etc and he'll get them. Answer me this: what other DB even got in position to make INTs this year. The answer is none.
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Maybe it's a tough play to defend, and the receiver does have the advantage, but it can still be done. I see corners jump slant routes often enough to believe that it's not too inconceivable. What do I think Rodgers should have done on that play? Not given the "fastet guy in the NFL" a ten yard cusion, and let him get up to full speed. There's one thing I can think of.
I agree with you in the fact that the odds were against him on making a play on that ball, but I think it was ridiculous that he told the media that there was nothing he could do about it. He just sounded so nonchalant when he said it. Yeah man, no big deal, my man burned me for a TD, but hey, there's nothing I could do about that one. His reaction to the play is what really bothered me, not so much that he let up the TD. I just think he woulda sounded a little more classy if he said something like, Joey put a good move on me, I gotta work on jumping those slant routes in practice next week. Not, there's nothing I can do about it, that just sounds like a bad attitude to me.