Is Sean Taylor that good or...

[sportscurmudgeon]

Sorry to be the dissenter here but if Sean Taylor had played he would probably not have picked off one of TO's TD passes and broken up two others. Sean Taylor's great strength is the big hit and the spectacular play. He is not now - nor has he ever been - really good at that thing they call "coverage".

Go back and look at game films from past seasons when he's been perfectly healthy and you'll see him chasing people into the end zone and arriving just a tad late to break up pass plays.

And you'll see him biting on double moves like Rosie O'Donnel going after an elcair.

The Skins were hampered by the loss of Taylor because it made them play a far less "gambling" defense because they did not have him back there 20 yards from the line of scrimmage to handle the mistakes of others. But if anyone thinks that he's "the great cover guy" who can stop a player like TO ask yourself this:

If he covers so well, how come he isn't the best shut-down cornerback in the NFL?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

Sorry to be the dissenter here but if Sean Taylor had played he would probably not have picked off one of TO's TD passes and broken up two others. Sean Taylor's great strength is the big hit and the spectacular play. He is not now - nor has he ever been - really good at that thing they call "coverage".

Go back and look at game films from past seasons when he's been perfectly healthy and you'll see him chasing people into the end zone and arriving just a tad late to break up pass plays.

And you'll see him biting on double moves like Rosie O'Donnel going after an elcair.

The Skins were hampered by the loss of Taylor because it made them play a far less "gambling" defense because they did not have him back there 20 yards from the line of scrimmage to handle the mistakes of others. But if anyone thinks that he's "the great cover guy" who can stop a player like TO ask yourself this:

If he covers so well, how come he isn't the best shut-down cornerback in the NFL?

Ummm, because he plays safety?

[skinsWill]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

Sorry to be the dissenter here but if Sean Taylor had played he would probably not have picked off one of TO's TD passes and broken up two others. Sean Taylor's great strength is the big hit and the spectacular play. He is not now - nor has he ever been - really good at that thing they call "coverage".

Go back and look at game films from past seasons when he's been perfectly healthy and you'll see him chasing people into the end zone and arriving just a tad late to break up pass plays.

And you'll see him biting on double moves like Rosie O'Donnel going after an elcair.

The Skins were hampered by the loss of Taylor because it made them play a far less "gambling" defense because they did not have him back there 20 yards from the line of scrimmage to handle the mistakes of others. But if anyone thinks that he's "the great cover guy" who can stop a player like TO ask yourself this:

If he covers so well, how come he isn't the best shut-down cornerback in the NFL?

Nice one Matty!

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?! The range that ST has when he is 20 yards deep and "ballhawking" IS the BEST in the NFL and if your tell me ST doesnt break up those 2 TD passes down the middle of the feild OR pick one off... well then you just havent watched too many games. Go back and watch the GB game and then tell me TO scores on 3 deep balls.