Shut it down

[omgdrdoom]

With all of the warranted negativity surrounding the team, I thought I'd create a mostly positive thread discussing a strength of our current roster.

 

Dre Kirkpatrick - 131 defensive snaps (99.2%), targeted 3(!!!!!) times, 4.3 yards per pass allowed, 0 YAC allowed

Game 1 - pitched a shutout. 1 target, 0 catches, 0 TDs

Game 2 - 2 targets, 2 catches, 13 yards given up, 0 TDs

 

Adam Jones - 61 defensive snaps (92% of week 2 possible snaps, obviously didn't play week 1), targeted 11 times, 3.1 yards per pass allowed, NEGATIVE 0.3 YAC allowed per catch

Game 2 - 11 targets, 4 catches, 34 yards, 0 TDs

 

William Jackson - 29 defensive snaps (44% of week 1 possible snaps, DNP on defense week 2), targeted 3 times, 4.3 yards per pass allowed, 1.3 YAC allowed per catch

Game 1 - 3 targets, 3 catches, 25 yards, 0 TDs

 

Darqueze Dennard - 113 defensive snaps (85.6%), targeted 7 times, 10.9 yards per pass allowed, 6.6 YAC allowed per catch

Game 1 - 1 catch, 48 yards, 1 TD

Game 2 - 2 catches, 16 yards, 0 TD

 

I just started tracking everyone this week so I'm not exactly sure where Dennards targets are in each game, and there is also a discrepancy between my sources for his yards given up. According to Football Outsiders he's given up 76 yards and PFF has him giving up 64. I'll be sure to keep up on this and any others in future posts or when I update this. Edit- also looks like WJIII's yardage given up numbers are slightly different between the 2 sources. What exactly was given up by which defender can be subjective at times, so take all of this for what it's worth.

 

TLDR; Dre Kirkpatrick is playing really fucking good football, worth every penny of that extension thus far. Adam Jones is who he is, he's pretty good as well. Disappointed to see WJIII lose all snaps once Pacman came back. Dennard looks to be the weakest link but still not god awful or anything.