Umm, the whole defense struggled last year during the pandemic. It was a lost year, but Jackson was clearly the better CB last year. This is why I ask if you actually watch the games. Everything you say is either a lie intentionally or something you aren't aware of, yet you run your mouth like some know-it-all. It's quite the troll technique.
Cooks was removed from the game and the Run D showed up. Wrong and wrong again. Rinse and repeat.
As for last year:
New England's secondary took a step back from a 2019 season in which the unit claimed the top spot. This also breaks an eight-year streak of the Patriots ranking among the 10 highest-graded secondaries.
Stephon Gilmore didn’t quite play up to his typical elite standards when on the field this year compared to 2019, as his catch rate allowed ballooned 15 percentage points to 64%, and his forced incompletion rate dropped 10 percentage points to 5%.
Jonathan Jones and
J.C. Jackson performed quite well, though, and helped slot the Patriots inside the top 15. They ranked fifth and 29th, respectively, in coverage grade among all cornerbacks this season.