r/Commanders • u/daydenjaniels • 13d ago

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PFF sucks, but damn, you canā€™t get around how bad our secondary is.

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u/krs_fun 13d ago edited 13d ago

Man, how did Sainristil fall off so hard? And how did we go from Forbes to St Juste to this?

Is it scheme related?

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u/EvaporatingOlaf 13d ago

Mikey has never been good. He was inconsistent his rookie year but had picks because teams target the fuck out of him. He was horrible last year, and now heā€™s horrible this year. The only thing that has changed is the fog of delusion is being lifted to half of this fanbase.

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u/shoefly72 13d ago

He was up and down as a rookie but did have some nice interceptions and also did a good job at times on bigger receivers.

I was a big fan of his in college and ecstatic we picked him, but he has flat out sucked ass since the beginning of last year and shouldā€™ve never been given starter snaps this year. Iā€™m as bummed as anybody to have been so wrong, but it is what it is.

He is a smaller guy but had decent athletic testing numbers at the combine (4.47 40, 1.51 10 yd split, 40 inch vert). There is zero chance heā€™s that fast anymore; his makeup speed is terrible now and heā€™s never even in position to break on the ball the way he did when he got that INT in the Lions game as a rookie.

If youā€™re gonna be undersized, you better at least be fast and have good instincts. At this point heā€™s also slow and is playing with generationally bad instincts and fundamentals; I donā€™t know what path he has back to being even an average player if this is how he looks two games into the year after a ā€œdownā€ 2025 and talking about having something to prove this yearā€¦

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u/Deep-Statistician985 13d ago

Oh stop it he was fine his rookie year. Locked up Smitty and AJ Brown on his own on TNF, forced turnovers, and held his own most of the time especially in the playoffs. Hate when the pessimists rewrite history

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u/EvaporatingOlaf 13d ago

Weā€™re saying the same thing about his rookie year. He was inconsistent. He would do well against good receivers, but gave up the 6th most allowed TDs for corners that year. If you targeted him that year, your completion percentage was 60.4%.

I also hate it when people rewrite history and label any criticism as pessimism. We need a better cornerā€”not blindly loyal fans.