McKenzie on Chad Johnson...Why not?

Yes Fred Thomas has had better days, even this year. Now I've played football, and DB was one of the spots I played at and I have to tell you there are some things Fred did fundamentally wrong (such as looking back early). There is a trust issue also; whenever you see a DB looking back at the line that often that can mean the front 7 isn't playing the run and short middle well. It seems he's looking over his shoulder to make sure they're doing they're job. When a DB begins to do that it becomes very hard to do his job. It seems FT couldn't trust the front 7 or his safety. That's why I've found it always best to wait and be sure your safety has your back, otherwise the WR is catching the ball and you're catching the blame.

With all that said I'm still having trouble understanding why McKenzie isn't matched up with the #1 WR. There has to be a sound reason. I understand people have bad days yet when they do there needs to be adjustments made to accomodate that. FT is a good scrappy CB having a bad day on a good WR. Adjust accordingly.