Dallas Cowboys are short changing their best corner

[millennial_legend]

Or..... you could say: "Dallas Cowboys are changing their best short corner".


......to a backup

Nickel corner is NOT a backup. Maybe in 1990, but not now.

 

[millennial_legend]

Anthony Brown is 1 inch taller with 1/3 the talent of Lewis

Mr. Pass Interference Drown Brown is a dimeback at best, but he honestly sucks. He's very fast but that's it, bad awareness bad coverage, though he's very good for special teams. I'd honestly rather use Heath at dimeback over Brown. Brown can be the quarter back (not to be confused with quarterback) since we don't have Dez anymore.

 

[Ranching]

The Dallas Cowboys seek to boost coverage under former Seattle Seahawks’ secondary guru Kris Richard. Demoting his best cover corner is not a good start.
Dallas Cowboys minicamps often include experimentation so depth chart moves at this point should be taken with a grain of salt. That being said, one can only judge off past or present roster decisions.

The current backseat usage of corner Jourdan Lewis is every bit worthy of critique and then some. The team’s most talented cover corner is no longer starting outside.

Instead Lewis is being limited to starting slot snaps while a converted safety and fellow 2017 draftee man the outside. Slot coverage is important but this setup is reducing the snaps of a player the defense needs to get the most from.

New secondary coach Kris Richard has vocally stated his preference for big corners. Apparently Lewis (5’10, 195) is being slighted for not fitting the height mold.

I guess these current NFL corners aren’t worthy of starting outside…Casey Hayward (2016 / 2017 Pro Bowl), Kyle Fuller (NFL All-Rookie Team), Adam Jones (2014 All-Pro, 2015 Pro Bowl), Brent Grimes (4-time Pro Bowler). None of those are over 5’11, 192.

Shouldn’t the master of Seattle’s infamous Legion of of Boom secondary know best?

https://thelandryhat.com/2018/06/14/dallas-cowboys-short-changing-best-corner/

Let the coach, coach. If he doesn't fit his system, then so be it. I'm sure he will get his opportunity,if he earns it.

 

[bayeslife]

No he wasnt. Lewis came in to the league as the better cover corner. Suggesting otherwise is nonsense

Pretty sure Awuzie outplayed him last year

 

[LocimusPrime]

Here we go with this **** now.

Ooooh you said a bad word. I'm telling

 

[AmericanCowboy]

Ermmm... he was good for a rookie, but let's not act like he made every play possible.

Getting beat for GW TD vs GB
Grabbing on 4th and Forever vs Oak

He had ups and downs. To my eye- Awuzie is the CB to watch. I thought he flashed nothing but upside after he came back from injury.

Let Richard coach. We owe Jourdan Lewis nothing to date imo.

Hard to knock Lewis there as there are probably two-three corners in the league who would have been able to stop that touchdown pass....

 

[Idgit]

Ooooh you said a bad word. I'm telling

Every now and then, one slips out.

 

[MyFairLady]

Byron just keeps mucking things up.

 

[CF74]

Nice pick by 27...

 

[WillieBeamen]

Pretty sure Awuzie outplayed him last year

Pretty sure u just made that up

 

[rags747]

Screw preferences and size and body type etc, this kid deserves to get first shot until he proves otherwise. Bad move IMO and I don't like it.

 

[Howboutdemcowboys31]

Nickel corner is NOT a backup. Maybe in 1990, but not now.

Oh I know but Brown is starting over Lewis in the nickel this mini camp

 

[millennial_legend]

Oh I know but Brown is starting over Lewis in the nickel this mini camp

Pass Interference Brown is a dime corner at best and I'd play Heath as a dimeback over him, seriously. At least Heath doesn't foul every damn time a ball is thrown his way. Heath uses his hands to catch the ball, Brown uses his hands to grab the enemy's jersey. Seriously.

Lewis is the CB3 long term and it ain't close.

 

[mmohican29]

Hard to knock Lewis there as there are probably two-three corners in the league who would have been able to stop that touchdown pass....

You can when it's clear YOU are the target from the previous play.

Look, Lewis played decently overall. My mindset is let the Coach, Coach. And IMO, Awuzie was the better player by season's end last year, and is the better prospect to date.

 

[the_h0wey]

Cowboys set 53 and depth chart after minicamp to get a jump on the rest of the NFL

Wanted to get a head start on the rest of the league

 

[AmericanCowboy]

You can when it's clear YOU are the target from the previous play.

Look, Lewis played decently overall. My mindset is let the Coach, Coach. And IMO, Awuzie was the better player by season's end last year, and is the better prospect to date.

Even the previous play was, if I remember correctly, a perfectly thrown back shoulder pass.

Davante Adams is no slouch either. There is a reason they gave him a massive contract- he has loads of potential and we saw it on the field that day against us.

 

[xwalker]

The Dallas Cowboys seek to boost coverage under former Seattle Seahawks’ secondary guru Kris Richard. Demoting his best cover corner is not a good start.
Dallas Cowboys minicamps often include experimentation so depth chart moves at this point should be taken with a grain of salt. That being said, one can only judge off past or present roster decisions.

The current backseat usage of corner Jourdan Lewis is every bit worthy of critique and then some. The team’s most talented cover corner is no longer starting outside.

Instead Lewis is being limited to starting slot snaps while a converted safety and fellow 2017 draftee man the outside. Slot coverage is important but this setup is reducing the snaps of a player the defense needs to get the most from.

New secondary coach Kris Richard has vocally stated his preference for big corners. Apparently Lewis (5’10, 195) is being slighted for not fitting the height mold.

I guess these current NFL corners aren’t worthy of starting outside…Casey Hayward (2016 / 2017 Pro Bowl), Kyle Fuller (NFL All-Rookie Team), Adam Jones (2014 All-Pro, 2015 Pro Bowl), Brent Grimes (4-time Pro Bowler). None of those are over 5’11, 192.

Shouldn’t the master of Seattle’s infamous Legion of of Boom secondary know best?

https://thelandryhat.com/2018/06/14/dallas-cowboys-short-changing-best-corner/

It's better for Lewis that he has practiced more snaps at outside CB than slot CB. If he was practicing 1st team slot-CB that would mean they've likely pigeonholed at slot-CB.

He was not better than Awuzie last season.

 

[Tommy]

Let’s just hope that Kris Richard finds this forum so we can educate him on our personnel.

 

[Mr_437]

So y'all co-signing Byron Jones is better than JD at CB?

So, Michael Crabtree didn't do Chido like Devante Adams did JD?

So playing 15 games as the best CB on the team counts for nothing?

OK.

 

[kskboys]

Lewis is awesome, both in coverage and tackling, but the OP is ridiculous.

Awuzie is far and away our best corner and has the opportunity to cement himself as one of the best in the NFL this year.

Lewis will be playing the Thurmond/Coleman/Scandrick slot which is pretty much an every down player unless the other team uses a fullback. He's perfect for the slot in Richard's scheme.

He's not. Lewis is.