I'll eat crow on Jaylon (for now)

People should not be too down on him.

The fact that he is playing is a miracle of sorts and although he is not great, he is a lot better than some are giving him credit for due to his physical condition.

If he continues to learn and he continues to heal...he could be one of those all pro level players in the future.
 
People should not be too down on him.

The fact that he is playing is a miracle of sorts and although he is not great, he is a lot better than some are giving him credit for due to his physical condition.

If he continues to learn and he continues to heal...he could be one of those all pro level players in the future.

I get that and hope for that, but yesterday he looked like an undersized, small school rookie.
 
Yeah...different breed of RBs coming at him this game than was the case against Giants...not sure if Lee playing out of his mind against the Giants and then also struggling against Broncos means that Jaylon lost some of his protective buffer. Net result was he looked like a dude who hadn't played in a long long time. Hopefully it was more a mental thing than physical as at least the mental can be more quickly improved. Certainly him going through this baptism by fire was never supposed to be the plan but here we are.
 
The reality is (I hope not) this may be as good as it gets.
 
He is playing at 80-85% AND in just 2 games into his career.

Patience is going to be required with Jaylon. 2018 is the year we will see the guy you saw at Notre Dame.

This shouldn’t be a surprise to anybody should it?

It WOULDN'T be a surprise if we weren't hearing "I'm a 100%" out of his mouth, constantly.
 
He needs 2-3 years. The good news is that he is still so young. If he had been a 5th year senior coming out of college then I wouldn't want anything to do with him (I don't care about how much potential they thought he'd have). He's still only 22 this season so he's got the benefit of time.
 
In fairness, so did just about everyone else on defense. Lee was pretty bad too.
Exactly ..............Lee was horrible yesterday........missed tackles.......was a step late on passes and blitzes

Jaylon looked like a rookie at times but still flashed speed and lateral movement that can't be taught
 
Not saying he won't ever be good, but this guy's nowhere near ready. Swallowed up in run game and can't cut to ball.
Not trying to be rude but my guess is that you don't truly understand enough about the LBer position in the NFL to determine how ready he really is after only 2 games.
Without knowing the assignments and play calls you are most likely making this statement with Madden and Sunday tv watching experience.
This is common with us fans. We see a CB give up a pass and just assume its him that blew it. Ignoring the reality that we dont know the coverage and if the safety was playing too deep ect.

the guy will be fine regardless of 1 game.
 
He needs 2-3 years. The good news is that he is still so young. If he had been a 5th year senior coming out of college then I wouldn't want anything to do with him (I don't care about how much potential they thought he'd have). He's still only 22 this season so he's got the benefit of time.
Exactomundo
 
Not trying to be rude but my guess is that you don't truly understand enough about the LBer position in the NFL to determine how ready he really is after only 2 games.
Without knowing the assignments and play calls you are most likely making this statement with Madden and Sunday tv watching experience.
This is common with us fans. We see a CB give up a pass and just assume its him that blew it. Ignoring the reality that we dont know the coverage and if the safety was playing too deep ect.

the guy will be fine regardless of 1 game.

I have a great general knowledge of football. The dude was washed out of mostly every play or late getting anywhere. I don't hate him. I don't hate you. I watch football every weekend and enjoy the x's and o's of the game. Like I said, I hope he gets to be actual 100%, because if THIS is a 100% we're in trouble.
 
He's been a liability through two games. Probably needs time on the bench to learn more.
 
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