A-Jax needs to clean up his tackling

[top dawg]

There was a lot to like about Donte Action Jackson during his rookie season. For a rookie, he did well, even getting the highest coverage grade of the Panthers' corners per Pro Football Focus. So, with more experience and familiarity with pro rivals, as well as chemistry with his backfield teammates, we can expect for him to improve. All that said, per PFF, he led all cornerbacks in missed tackles with a whopping 15 misses. If he cleans that up, the back of the defense will look markedly better.

https://pantherswire.usatoday.com/2019/04/06/panthers-pff-donte-jackson-missed-tackles-2018/

[KillerKat]

So does our safeties 

[Mage]

 I feel like I didn’t notice him missing many tackles last year, but our defense as a whole was bad at tackling last year so that could be why. 

[carolinapanther]

He definitely needs to tackle better. That's for sure. 

[WarHeel]

Are we really calling him “A-Jax?”

[t96]

He was really hit or miss as a tackler and in run support. Had some amazing plays and tackles for loss that other guys just can’t do, and then obviously had some terrible whiffs or bad angles. I like that he showed a lot of promise, with more discipline (on the field) and experience, I’m not worried at all about that part of his game.

[Captain Morgan]

wow, I had no idea.  That can be fixed.  You can't teach his speed though.

[JARROD]

I wish Peanut would have come back instead of chasing his J Edgar routine— as a coach—

the Peanut Punch was here for all of one season,.. it was just starting to rub off on the other players

[Thama]

Honestly I think his speed, aggressiveness and play recognition put him in position to attempt difficult tackles in space more often than most corners. Your average outside corner isn't even getting to the ball carrier to miss the tackles that Jackson was missing on occasion. 

[top dawg]

1 hour ago, WarHeel said:

Are we really calling him “A-Jax?”

Yep!

 

[KillerKat]

5 minutes ago, stbugs said:

People fell in love with Donte early with the picks but he had a rough 2nd half. He gave up a ton of long plays and I didn’t know about the missed tackles. I’m just hoping he learns and gets better. He’s got talent but teams picked on him when they realized that they could. 

I feel like he would be better in the slot than the outside.

[Trill OG]

25 minutes ago, KillerKat said:

I feel like he would be better in the slot than the outside.

Which is why I think if Greedy Williams is on the board, he will be our pick. Move Jackson to the nickel role, and all of a sudden our secondary looks pretty damn good.

Load up on DE's in the 2nd and 3rd.

[carolinapanther]

51 minutes ago, Trill OG said:

Which is why I think if Greedy Williams is on the board, he will be our pick. Move Jackson to the nickel role, and all of a sudden our secondary looks pretty damn good.

Load up on DE's in the 2nd and 3rd.

I like this idea! I think that's what should happen.

[top dawg]

1 hour ago, stbugs said:

People fell in love with Donte early with the picks but he had a rough 2nd half. He gave up a ton of long plays and I didn’t know about the missed tackles. I’m just hoping he learns and gets better. He’s got talent but teams picked on him when they realized that they could. 

I think that he had a rough third quarter (if you will), but not second half. But, even still, he was our best cover corner according to PFF, so there's reason to be excited.