Around the NFL…Week 8

[calia]

So -- it is happening: https://www.nfl.com/news/commanders-...ii-to-steelers

Swap of late round picks involved, apparently. That's about right.

[SunnySide]

So many trades ... its like baseball.

Glad WJ3 contract will be off books for next year. Thought he was a good singing when it happened. Physical man corner, young, consistent .. comes here and sucks at playing off man.

WJ3 is def a better player than he showed here but glad contract is off the books, just didnt work out.

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by SunnySide

So many trades ... its like baseball.

Glad WJ3 contract will be off books for next year. Thought he was a good singing when it happened. Physical man corner, young, consistent .. comes here and sucks at playing off man.

WJ3 is def a better player than he showed here but glad contract is off the books, just didnt work out.

Yep, it is disappointing that he didn't work out here. I had high hopes when we signed him. At least they were able to cut their losses at the trade deadline.

CB, LB, and OL have to be the priority in the off season... Oh, and QB again...

[mooby]

Originally Posted by SunnySide

So many trades ... its like baseball.

Glad WJ3 contract will be off books for next year. Thought he was a good singing when it happened. Physical man corner, young, consistent .. comes here and sucks at playing off man.

WJ3 is def a better player than he showed here but glad contract is off the books, just didnt work out.

Agreed. I'm very surprised they got anything for him. Best part is getting the contract off the books.

I was waiting for the release announcement lol.

[mooby]

https://twitter.com/JPFinlayNBCS/sta...38758060179459

I appreciate Ron's honesty on the matter. "Our evaluation was wrong." - How many times in your life are you gonna hear a coach/GM say that?

https://twitter.com/john_keim/status...73493243191296

Keim making a good point too.

[sdskinsfan2001]

Originally Posted by mooby

https://twitter.com/JPFinlayNBCS/sta...38758060179459

I appreciate Ron's honesty on the matter. "Our evaluation was wrong." - How many times in your life are you gonna hear a coach/GM say that?

https://twitter.com/john_keim/status...73493243191296

Keim making a good point too.

Can definitely respect Rivera for that. Being wrong happens all the time, admitting it doesn't.

[AnonEmouse]

Originally Posted by sdskinsfan2001

Can definitely respect Rivera for that. Being wrong happens all the time, admitting it doesn't.

Agreed, and respect to him for the honesty. BUT wasn't Jackson touted as an excellent man cover guy? What in his resume had anyone thinking he'd be equally good in a mostly zone scheme? Hard to blame Jackson unless he talked himself up to the evaluators as a zone cover guy.

[sdskinsfan2001]

Originally Posted by AnonEmouse

Agreed, and respect to him for the honesty. BUT wasn't Jackson touted as an excellent man cover guy? What in his resume had anyone thinking he'd be equally good in a mostly zone scheme? Hard to blame Jackson unless he talked himself up to the evaluators as a zone cover guy.

A good man-to-man corner is an amazing athlete. That's probably the hardest non-QB thing to be elite at. I can see how you could figure if a guy can be a lock down man guy, he should be capable of playing in a zone scheme. But it just wasn't the case here. It's too bad because we need a No. 1 corner.

[AnonEmouse]

Originally Posted by sdskinsfan2001

A good man-to-man corner is an amazing athlete. That's probably the hardest non-QB thing to be elite at. I can see how you could figure if a guy can be a lock down man guy, he should be capable of playing in a zone scheme. But it just wasn't the case here. It's too bad because we need a No. 1 corner.

A guy that's played primarily as a man cover corner will have developed different instincts to a guy primarily playing zone. Unless he'd been coached up in zone for some time, it's very easy to understand why he'd struggle in zone.

What got me here is there are ways to scheme up to leverage his skills and hide his weaknesses (mixed man/zone schemes etc.). They expected him to do all the adapting.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by AnonEmouse

Agreed, and respect to him for the honesty. BUT wasn't Jackson touted as an excellent man cover guy? What in his resume had anyone thinking he'd be equally good in a mostly zone scheme? Hard to blame Jackson unless he talked himself up to the evaluators as a zone cover guy.

Everytime I saw Jackson in man he got burned. He can't make any plays on the ball. Idk where this talk about him being this man corner came from. He can't play man or zone. He's just a corner with decent speed and zero ball skills.

[SFREDSKIN]

Originally Posted by mooby

https://twitter.com/JPFinlayNBCS/sta...38758060179459

I appreciate Ron's honesty on the matter. "Our evaluation was wrong." - How many times in your life are you gonna hear a coach/GM say that?

https://twitter.com/john_keim/status...73493243191296

Keim making a good point too.

Now if could repeat that about Wentz

[mooby]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

Now if could repeat that about Wentz

I gotta be honest - hard to be mad at Ron for Wentz. They were wrong about him too, but if Heinicke continues to be adequate for the stretch of games I expect Wentz to ride the bench for the rest of the year, and then they can dump him in the offseason without a huge cap penalty. So they hedged their bet in a big way and it looks like it will pay off this offseason.

[jamf]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

Now if could repeat that about Wentz

And those bum ass guards!

[sdskinsfan2001]

Originally Posted by jamf

And those bum ass guards!

I respect your avatar work lol. But still, fuck Kurt.

[WCommandersfan99]

Thought Jackson would work out better but happy for all parties about the team parting ways with him. Sounds like they'll get out of a huge contract. Like the Smith trade for Baltimore. He's only 25 and leading the NFL in tackles. Feel Chicago overpaid for Claypool a bit with the 2nd rounder. Like the deal for Minny to get Hockensen. Hope he doesn't play Sunday lol but bet he does. Pretty active period really in the league right before the trade deadline.