Gregg Williams doesn't know how to use Jabrill Peppers.
Just watching this game, and noticing how little Jabrill is involved in it. He is lined up as a true free safety. The perfect position for him is at nickel corner or some sort of hybrid space player as he was used in college. That way he could be closer to the line of scrimmage and play the run more often. When he was at Michigan it felt like he was involved in almost every play. For Cleveland, he is just a bystander...
It's possible that Cleveland doesn't have the right personnel to compliment him so Williams has to use him in a way that doesn't take advantage of his skillset but still, to line him up as a free safety? It's a waste of his abilities.
November 12th, 2017 at 8:39 PM ^
and the goddamn vultures in our fan base destroyed me. Jabrill was a talented football player but he was more a shiny object than anything. He was good at a lot, but he wasn't great at anything in particular other than feeding the hype machine. That Minnesota performance alone proves that Hudson will certainly be a better player with at UM and in the Pros.
November 12th, 2017 at 8:52 PM ^
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November 13th, 2017 at 2:36 PM ^
What Jabrill did to change a single game. What pivotal role did he have in a win? Don't revise history because he played 11 different positions but for all the hype he got, he never did anything tangibly amazing.
His signature moment was returning a 2 point conversion in a game that was already decided.
November 12th, 2017 at 9:23 PM ^
November 13th, 2017 at 2:37 PM ^
Embodied Michigan the first few years under Harbaugh, plenty of hype, but not the results people expected to happen.
November 12th, 2017 at 10:57 PM ^
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November 13th, 2017 at 10:49 AM ^
Hey Des got a ring and a Super Bwol MVP. I'd count that as success
November 13th, 2017 at 11:06 AM ^
dexter jackson
November 13th, 2017 at 10:08 AM ^
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November 12th, 2017 at 7:18 PM ^
This is clear as day!
November 12th, 2017 at 8:43 PM ^
:)
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November 12th, 2017 at 10:56 PM ^
Don't blame Jabrill for going out early. But he could have used another year to get more work in coverage, etc. (Not to mention more offensive snaps, as well)
Strong Safety is his natural position, maybe in Quarters, but he does struggle a bit covering slots, and taking on offensive linemen in interior gaps is real tough assignment for any defensive back or backer his size.
November 12th, 2017 at 10:59 PM ^
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November 13th, 2017 at 1:12 AM ^
10 years (2007) since last successful season. Browns went 7-9, 3-13, 1-15 the last 3 years.
Thing is, the Browns are 0-8 but 4 of those losses were by only 3 points.
Normally close losses like that might be an indication of future improvement (later in season, or next year).
Problem is, of the next 8 games they play, 6 are away games.
November 13th, 2017 at 9:23 AM ^
That he's just not very good yet?
There might be a reason he's being hidden 40 yards down the LOS in coverage. He's been graded out as one of the worst covermen in the entire league. This is nothing new, his coverage left a lot to be desired at M. He had a tendency to overrun a lot of plays.
He's got a long way to go before he's a good player in the NFL.
November 13th, 2017 at 9:51 AM ^
Not that I'm unhappy with T.J. Watt, but as a Steeler fan I really wanted Peppers in the black & gold. I had wonderful dreams of him doing what Polamalu did for all those seasons.
If Cleveland needed a true safety, the second round saw 6 safeties drafted, all of whom I'd argue are more "traditional" safeties than is Peppers.
November 13th, 2017 at 11:12 AM ^
Peppers is the exact same size as Troy Polamalu
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PolaTr99.htm
I know the NFL has gotten even more pass-centric since Troy retired 3 years ago, but it's not like there aren't good examples of successful players who were the same size as Peppers. I'm not 100% sure what the best position for him is, but deploying Peppers as a super deep safety is not it.
November 13th, 2017 at 11:34 AM ^
would like to see Peppers play for John Harbaugh...
he would know how to deploy him correctly for maximum benefit.
November 13th, 2017 at 11:42 AM ^
Polamalu played SS for Pittsburgh, too. Ryan Clark's (FS) time mostly overlapped wtih Polamalu.
November 13th, 2017 at 12:27 PM ^
Yeah he did...and those two had some chemistry together.
What Peppers did at UM and what he does well more closely aligns with what a SS would do in the Steelers defense moreso than FS.
November 13th, 2017 at 11:39 AM ^
They've basically acknowledged that he's playing out of position, but they don't have much else:
'We have to play with what we have, and he's been our best free safety back there thus far, but we see his skill set as being closer around the ball, too,'' said Jackson. "He's versatile and can do both. If we need him to play in the post, he can. He is going to get better at that, but his tenacity, his quickness, his suddenness is probably more fit for being around the ball at strong safety."
November 13th, 2017 at 9:03 PM ^
November 13th, 2017 at 11:49 AM ^
They didn't even use hiim.
I would have put him on Offsense along with Kizer.That would at least bring some unpredictability to it.
browns stink
GO LIONS!