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Donte is a BALL HAWK

Eazy-E

By Eazy-E,
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WarPanthers89 Grand Master

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The great part is he is still growing. He is very good and has all the talent to become an all pro as he continues to develop. Even with a few missed tackles and one play where he abandoned his assignment, he had twice as many insane plays that overshadowed it. I cannot wait to see what the future holds for him. Jackson and Bradberry is a tandem I hope we keep for a long time 

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I think he will get lots of opportunities to make big plays.  Next week especially.   Watson is a home run/big play QB

He is still very inconsistent.  He defiantly took advantage of two bad throws.  Which is great.   But you gotta think opposing team see him as they guy they can get over Bradberry. 

 

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6 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

He may be a ballhawk, but it when it comes to tackling he's a parakeet.

The entire secondary could use a reminder or two on the fundamentals of wrapping up and tackling.  I think Reid is pretending to be a bumper car half the time.

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Ballhawk yes, but probably the worst tackler on the defense.  I cringe when Donte has to make an open field tackle because more time than not, he's gonna miss it.  Besides the high-thrown smoke screen pass where the WR was a sitting duck and Donte tattooed him, he tackled horribly today.  Two picks will gloss that fact over though.  I'm not sure which is worse a corner with hands of stone or a ballhawking CB that gets brushed aside by the opposing ball carriers.

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2 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

Ballhawk yes, but probably the worst tackler on the defense.  I cringe when Donte has to make an open field tackle because more time than not, he's gonna miss it.  Besides the high-thrown smoke screen pass where the WR was a sitting duck and Donte tattooed him, he tackled horribly today.  Two picks will gloss that fact over though.  I'm not sure which is worse a corner with hands of stone or a ballhawking CB that gets brushed aside by the opposing ball carries.

You want a corner that can make picks. Hands down. Deion Sanders couldn't tackle a Pop Warner kid, but you weren't throwing at him. 

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3 minutes ago, jopie87 said:

You want a corner that can make picks. Hands down. Deion Sanders couldn't tackle a Pop Warner kid, but you weren't throwing at him. 

No, but you can run at him. That, or drop a pass short in front of him and gamble on the receiver breaking his attempt at a tackle.

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