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CB Jack Jones, New England Patriots​


If there is one position that Bill Belichick knows better than any other coach in NFL history, it's cornerbacks. After letting J.C. Jackson walk in free agency, the Patriots have gotten some outstanding play from Jonathan Jones and the rest of the secondary.

This week, fourth-round rookie Jack Jones stepped up in a big way. While he did allow 60 yards on seven targets, Jones made the play of the day when he intercepted Aaron Rodgers right before halftime and returned it for a score.

Jones finished the game as the Patriots' highest-graded player (93.5) and was one of the highest-graded defenders of the week. He has seen his role increase in each of the past four weeks and appears to be one of the next great New England cornerbacks under Belichick.

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I wasn't nuts about the signing of Jabril Peppers, because I think he was pretty overrated coming into the league, but he's certainly an excellent, powerful tackler and good athlete.

It's interesting how Bill seems to change the archetypes he prefers at certain positions over the years. I recall his fetish for big Safeties like Adrian Wilson and Tank Williams a few years back and we acquired both, at different times but both got hurt and neither worked out. Around that time all of our Safeties tended to be undersized quicker/coverage guys and there was much speculation that Bill was interested in adding a hybrid box Safety/OLB guy to tinker with.

Now we have Phillips, Dugger and Peppers who all fit the Tank mold. Bledsoe might as well. Phillips is better in coverage than the other guys, but his strong suit is the Pat Chung Box Safety role. It took a while, but now we have probably the biggest group of large Safeties in the league and who knows? -- he might start a trend if it works out really well.

Thinking about Adrian Wilson reminded me that he acquired Kyle Arrington's number 24 by trading Arrington a years supply of diapers. Of all things. Arrington got the better of that deal since Wilson went on IR with a torn achilles before the season and he never played for us.
 
Per PFF

Jack Jones is the NFL's #2 CB with a grade of 91.8. #1 is Sean Murphy-Bunting but he has only 9 snaps in 1 game so in reality Jack Jones is the real #1 with 71 pass plays defensed.
Jon Jones is #12 with an 80. 5 players ranked ahead of Jon Jones have <60 pass plays defensed so in reality Jon is ranked 7th. Pretty damn good.
Mills is our worst CB with a 29. 151 ranked of 156 CBs ranked. Ugh.
Bryant is our 2nd worst with a 41. 139th ranked.
 
chevss454 said:
Per PFF

Jack Jones is the NFL's #2 CB with a grade of 91.8. #1 is Sean Murphy-Bunting but he has only 9 snaps in 1 game so in reality Jack Jones is the real #1 with 71 pass plays defensed.
Jon Jones is #12 with an 80. 5 players ranked ahead of Jon Jones have <60 pass plays defensed so in reality Jon is ranked 7th. Pretty damn good.
Mills is our worst CB with a 29. 151 ranked of 156 CBs ranked. Ugh.
Bryant is our 2nd worst with a 41. 139th ranked.
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Bring on the Jones Era, with Jack (80%) and Jon (85%) on the boundaries, with Marcus (70%) in the slot. Ball-hawking for goodness! [/Minsc]
Mills is a big WR specialist, spells the guys on the boundaries, comes in at CB when defending the run, and backup to DMac at coverage safety - maybe 60% of snaps total.
Bryant is a backup in the slot and at safety (20%).
Wade backs up and spells the boundaries and the slot, especially when run focused (15%).


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Alex Barth is going to team up with Evan Lazar for a Patriots.com podcast centered on All 22 review called Catch 22.
 
sg14 said:
Alex Barth is going to team up with Evan Lazar for a Patriots.com podcast centered on All 22 review called Catch 22.
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Yay! Alex & Evan were a good combo. Mike is JAGgy, but at least flashes some potential; Spagnoli is terrible.
 
The Pats coming in 10th for big plays is surprising to me. Now just stop the turnovers and win some games.

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chevss454 said:
You can bet Belichick thinks it but he doesn't come out and say it


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I love his interviews on the field. This past Saturday Bryce left before halftime so they put Jalen in. As you know. The reporter interviewed him on his way to the locker room. She asked, "Do you plan on using Milroe after halftime?" Nick just gave her a look

His response, " If we don't use Bryce we will use Milroe." But the look I felt he wanted to call the question stupid. 🤣🤣🤣. He gave her two short sentences when he usually does more.
 
chevss454 said:
The Pats coming in 10th for big plays is surprising to me. Now just stop the turnovers and win some games.

FeOodtbWAAE8a0I
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Atlanta is surprising to me.
And Seattle is just behind the Pats but then they just played Detroit.
 
chevss454 said:
The Pats coming in 10th for big plays is surprising to me. Now just stop the turnovers and win some games.

FeOodtbWAAE8a0I
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Mac leads the league in 20+ yard passing yards. But it’s not worth it. The chuck it deep offense doesn’t consistently move the chains, QBs get wrecked holding the ball longer with a shaky right tackle, and 4 of Mac’s 5 INTs were to Parker who doesn’t know the audibles or playbook.
 
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