Peppers was a physical force all game. Not perfect but very good and hard to miss.
I was little puzzled by the Peppers signing and thought we went too heavy with "strong Safety" types (I know we don't do strong/weak. A-llegedly), but right now it's looking a bit
smarter. Peppers has been a force when tackling and so has Dugger when he's in there, but the coverage as a whole has been significantly better than I thought it'd be. Sure, Bryant
has had problems and we aren't exactly dominant, but that massive, gaping hole in the D predicted when we
cheaped-out and allowed J.C. Jackson to walk seems to have been filled very nicely
with significantly cheaper alternatives. Helping the, ya know, team. We're able to do what we want to do --- keep guys in front of us and nail the tackle to keep the YAC down. I don't know what PFF says on the topic, but I think both the backfield coordination and tackling has been really solid. Surprisingly so.
Remember how Jon Jones was strictly a slot corner? Incorrect.
Jack Jones has been damn good all season. He could not have arrived at a more opportune time or a better situation for him. He was the guy that was also a bit small to play boundary corner and
had some dreaded off-field issues, proving, once again, that the stuff said about pro prospects in early April often proves to be complete bullshit. We're near the halfway point in the season and I can't think of the last time we had a rookie Corner better than 13. McCourty was an excellent Corner as a rook, but that was a long time ago.
The 3 areas of this team that, for me, have been consistently solid are them, the running backs and Nick Folk.