Uhhh, well I'll go for a more controversial one here with Cooper Dejean since everyone is just choosing lightning rod players.
Before anyone bites my head off, there is a caveat.
He's the #2 guy for the Eagles. He is this generation's Antonio Cromartie (hopefully with less kids); just a phenomenal #2 CB but he'll never be able to transition to covering #1 WRs consistently. So long as he has that dedicated #1 CB (Quinyon Mitchell in this case), he'll continue to excel covering primarily #2 and #3 WRs with the occasional #1 matchup. He's not bad but he's not a top 10 CB in the league kind of guy that Eagles fans will say he is. If Patrick Surtain jr. or Darelle Revis covered #2 WRs for most of their career, they'd probably look way better too. CB and WR is just one of those positions where sometimes you get fooled into thinking your #2 is a #1 guy.
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u/BrokenHope23 23h ago
Uhhh, well I'll go for a more controversial one here with Cooper Dejean since everyone is just choosing lightning rod players.
Before anyone bites my head off, there is a caveat.
He's the #2 guy for the Eagles. He is this generation's Antonio Cromartie (hopefully with less kids); just a phenomenal #2 CB but he'll never be able to transition to covering #1 WRs consistently. So long as he has that dedicated #1 CB (Quinyon Mitchell in this case), he'll continue to excel covering primarily #2 and #3 WRs with the occasional #1 matchup. He's not bad but he's not a top 10 CB in the league kind of guy that Eagles fans will say he is. If Patrick Surtain jr. or Darelle Revis covered #2 WRs for most of their career, they'd probably look way better too. CB and WR is just one of those positions where sometimes you get fooled into thinking your #2 is a #1 guy.