Jourdan Lewis is only 1 inch smaller than Anthony Brown, ..only about 3 pounds lighter than Brown if that by now) but some still insist it's about him
being small that's kept him from moving up in the ranks, and i just don't believe that is true.
- what seems true to his credit is is he seems more of a natural play maker than Brown,(ala INTs, sacks) and i definitely do believe he is the best pure ball hawk in the entire secondary (we'll see rookie Diggs surpasses him) but i also tend to believe Lewis is still too much of a give- take CB, in that though while he will make an occasional INT, he'll give up his batch of catches and plays, he got extensive time when Brown got hurt and he was taken to school by not only beasley but skins steven sims jr. in the later half of the year. He does get turned too easily, doesnt seem to handle speed well on the outside and the point that he gets knocked off his tight coverage on occasions, may suggests that he does not play as strong as size suggests.
- I'm not the biggest Brown fan either, i think he does not have the surest hands for INT, as he's drops some, he doesnt have near as knack or ball hawk skills as Lewis, much better driving forward than in press & running upfield - and as you know Brown even more than Chido, has it bad when it comes to not getting his head turned around to locate ball and make a play on downfield passes, not but first Richard's anointed Brown ahead of Lewis and now even with the new coaching regime in, the team re-signs Brown to a 15 million dollar deal.
So what does that say for Lewis' role and chance of advancement ?
And while several blame Kris Richard for lack of advancement for Lewis, it doesnt seems like that's initial change in the immediate plans with the current team.
- Chido ? Whenever there's a chance of moving what was thought to be the top CB on the roster to a different position, that doesn't sound
encouraging entering his last contract year here. Yet just maybe a forward-drive player like Awuzie may make the positive waves Byron Jones
did when he switched to a different position. Chido doesn't make plays either, he's only slight better than Jones at getting the INT.
Safety ? think he can operate well vs slot WRs and TEs in man, but tackling regularly as a box strong safety , i dunno about that.