Smooooot Nooooooo

[Manusky91]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Rogers came up and made some nice tackles, which is the strength of his game. He's just still a below average cover guy.

He deserves credit for taking care of his man most of the time, but in the NFL we really need more of that from him. He's still getting beat far too much for comfort.

That's why I think Springs and Smoot should start. Let Rogers play nickel.

[Southpaw]

Originally Posted by Manusky91

That's why I think Springs and Smoot should start. Let Rogers play nickel.

I'm still not sure what people are expecting from Rogers. He's not Champ Bailey, but no one is. It's completely irrational to expect any corner in the league to give up zero pass completions.

And what exactly did Fred Smoot do today to outplay Rogers? Half of the Dolphins offense resulted from pass completions to Fred Smoots side.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Southpaw

I'm still not sure what people are expecting from Rogers. He's not Champ Bailey, but no one is. It's completely irrational to expect any corner in the league to give up zero pass completions.

And what exactly did Fred Smoot do today to outplay Rogers? Half of the Dolphins offense resulted from pass completions to Fred Smoots side.

Well, Rogers and Springs are still the best corners on this roster. It'd be nice to see Carlos get a lot more aggressive so we can finally see what we have in him. This 80 yard cushion stuff isn't going to cut it next year when Springs isn't around.

And if this is a schematic thing, boy those LBs better start hauling ass into that curl zone if we want to win this year.

[Manusky91]

Originally Posted by Southpaw

I'm still not sure what people are expecting from Rogers. He's not Champ Bailey, but no one is. It's completely irrational to expect any corner in the league to give up zero pass completions.

And what exactly did Fred Smoot do today to outplay Rogers? Half of the Dolphins offense resulted from pass completions to Fred Smoots side.

You're not sure what people are expecting from Rogers? People are expecting him to play like a first round draft choice that has the experience now to be better than mediocre. He picked up right where he left off last year...burnt toast.

As for Smoot, you're right, unfortunately he did not outplay Rogers. I just think he's shown more in his career to start over Rogers at this point.

[mheisig]

Originally Posted by Manusky91

You're not sure what people are expecting from Rogers? People are expecting him to play like a first round draft choice that has the experience now to be better than mediocre. He picked up right where he left off last year...burnt toast.

As for Smoot, you're right, unfortunately he did not outplay Rogers. I just think he's shown more in his career to start over Rogers at this point.

The Smoot vs. Rogers debate makes sense to me. Smoot has a little more experience, Rogers has youth and athletic ability, that whole position battle makes sense to me as a close one.

Smoot vs. Springs is the mind-blowing battle. How the HELL did Smoot start over Springs? How was this not addressed in any press conferences? I saw it mentioned in a Washington Post article but that was it.

Starting Smoot over Springs if Springs isn't injured makes as much sense as starting Prielou over Taylor, or grabbing some practice squad dude and having him take over for Fletcher. The whole thing is incomprehensible to me.