Jabari Greer

ELLIASJWILLIAMS said

So i read thru most of the comments....i don't agree with the "Missing Randal Gay" aspect because MJ plays nickel in those situations with Sharper moving to FS on passing downs and MJ is very very good@the slot.

Ever notice how Sean Payton....when game planning says "we have to be selective in the throws we make@certain corners" Usually when we are facing an elite or very good CB. Greer is suspect on balls thrown over his head that he can't locate. Period.

He just doesn't have great ball skills...which is what separates him from say a Revis. What he does have is extremely good footwork. comeback routes...slants...curls...he normally plays those balls pretty well..but if u put one over his head..while hes in tight coverage.....u have a pretty good shot@breaking the Greer Code.

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I think that's truly the code for most corners, get a big body on them, get their back to the line of scrimmage and throw it outside the receivers frame. At that point they are going purely on the receivers body language and there's a huge element of luck. You have a big strong guy with his eyes on the ball trying to bring it in, against a smaller guyjust trying to get one of his hands in the exact right spot, at the exact right time based off clues. Even when he gets there on a play like that, a big guy can potentially muscle it in still.


What worries me more is where he has been on a few of the underneath routes, or early off the line.... I don't know if he's getting beat physically or mentally in those first five yards but it seems he's a half step off where he was last year sometimes. Hes not the type to bait a throw (although maybe hes trying?) as much as he is a step for step blanket on the receiver. That blanket hasn't been there in the same way this year (atleast as consistently). He had been very good though, as some people take discussion of a weakness to mean he's lost, confused, should be cut cause it's happening every play. He's been there with the WR, just not as often as he can and has been before.