A little love for James Bradberry..

[Sub Zero]

 

 

In this new offense gets all the benefits NFL.. Bradberry is a better than avg. Cb..

We shouldn't be so unhappy about him..

[Jeremy Igo]

Playing corner in today's NFL is more difficult than it has ever been. Bradberry is a solid player, anyone that doesn't think so isn't paying attention.

[Tepper's Chest Hair]

The Bradberry / Jackson combo looking forward has me pretty content with our CB situation.

[Tbe]

He performed about as well as Norman does against Odell. 

[Pejorative Miscreant]

5 hours ago, Sub Zero said:

 

 

In this new offense gets all the benefits NFL.. Bradberry is a better than avg. Cb..

We shouldn't be so unhappy about him..

I think Brad berry is a very good football player.  Quiet player that doesn’t necessarily have a wow factor but he shows up and does his job.  I am good with that.  

[CPF4LIFE]

1 hour ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Playing corner in today's NFL is more difficult than it has ever been. Bradberry is a solid player, anyone that doesn't think so isn't paying attention.

Funny you mention pay attention because that seens to be one of the big things holding Bradberry back. If he would learn how to track the ball better and turn his head around he could take major steps. 

[LinvilleGorge]

3 hours ago, Tepper's Chest Hair said:

The Bradberry / Jackson combo looking forward has me pretty content with our CB situation.

Still gotta figure out our nickel situation.

[shaqattaq]

3 hours ago, Tepper's Chest Hair said:

The Bradberry / Jackson combo looking forward has me pretty content with our CB situation.

I wonder if we had played the Giants later in the season, if Jackson would have been assigned OBJ. OBJ caught most of the passes in the clip (of course Bradberry was lined up 12 yards off 90% of the season). Not a knock against Bradberry, I just think Jackson's speed might be a better match for a shifty player like OBJ. But that's a lot to ask a rookie in his 4th game.

PS: I forget just how good OBJ is because he's such a little bitch, but that guy can ball.

[LinvilleGorge]

1 hour ago, CPF4LIFE said:

Funny you mention pay attention because that seens to be one of the big things holding Bradberry back. If he would learn how to track the ball better and turn his head around he could take major steps. 

There's some truth to the old "that's why he plays defense" saying.

[nosuchthingasapanther]

1 hour ago, CPF4LIFE said:

Funny you mention pay attention because that seens to be one of the big things holding Bradberry back. If he would learn how to track the ball better and turn his head around he could take major steps. 

i hate to see cornerbacks not play the ball, but bradberry constantly faces players that are quicker/faster than him. he has to track them first and foremost and utilize fundamentals over physical talent.

now if he had jackson's speed...oh boy.

[Khyber53]

Bradberry is a very solid cover guy and would be a starter on just about any team in the league. He's good, he's darn good. He's also a fair tackler, and that puts him ahead of some premier coverage guys.

We're lucky to have the guy and he's a solid defensive player. When looking at any tape, you have to remember a trio of things: 1) all corners get beat eventually, the idea of a shutdown corner has been pretty much legislated out of the game; 2) the corner's job isn't to intercept, it is to cover in such a way that it forces the opposing QB to move through their progressions, eating up time while mounting pressure pushes the chances of a mistake; 3) a pass interference penalty is sometimes a win.

 

[Growl]

I certainly wouldn't be willing to give him a large deal after how he performed last season.

 

He's a #2 CB in a league where you need a 1A and 1B.

The rose colored glasses come on for guys who fans were screaming at just a few weeks ago during the offseason.

[Growl]

Much is made of the opponents he faced last season. Well lol, A) Welcome to the NFL and B) you'd like to see him win some of those matchups. Green was dominating him until the injury. Atlanta simply wasn't targeting him with Sanu and Ridley running so free. Beyond those, it was pretty plainly ugly almost across the board.

 

This team can't burn another season because they've got the "he's a fine young man who did some nice things" goggles on.

 

Maybe its just me but im pretty sick of the panthers not playing in the super bowl to be giving hometown benefit of the doubt to middling players.

[LinvilleGorge]

Is "#1 CB" the next mythical beast on the Huddle? The Huddle has already established that it pretty much takes a HOF lock to qualify as a "#1 WR".