I watched the game at a sports bar (one of the drawbacks of moving away from Houston), and as the Texans were on the smallest TV in the smallest corner, had a tough time analyzing the game as much as I would have liked.
I noticed both Brown and Hutchins, and both Boulware and Demps (on the rarer occassions that they played) make some great tackles. Brown looked to make a few ok plays against the run.
But my main question is, how did they look during pass coverage?
I saw Brown deflect a pass that hit someone right in the hands. The guy had Brown beat, but Brown was playing the receiver the whole way. Luckily, the ball was slightly underthrown and Brown had quick enough reflexes to just swat it right out of his hands. I don't know if that was good coverage or not (it did seem like the guy had Brown beat), but I loved Brown's reaction.
Other than that play, I dont really remember them. I was sort of surprised they werent shifted towards Faggins side of the field to help with Steve Smith early in the game. Why wasn't there someone to help him after the fumble recovery gave the Panthers a short field and everyone knew the ball was going to Smith?
And on that play where Smith tipped the ball off Faggins and then caught it, why wasn't there anyone else around? I sort of thought that if the ball was tipped that high, someone should have at least made an attempt to knock Smith out or knock the ball away, but it looked like he was all alone in the end zone.
A guy like Faggins is a great cover corner is he doesnt have a long field to work with. I feel like he gets caught out of position a little too often to be really dominant. Other than the 2 balls to Steve, there was that one play where Delhomme overthrew the receiver. Faggins was at least 5 yards behind him.
Having good safety play could potentially elimiate those
I noticed both Brown and Hutchins, and both Boulware and Demps (on the rarer occassions that they played) make some great tackles. Brown looked to make a few ok plays against the run.
But my main question is, how did they look during pass coverage?
I saw Brown deflect a pass that hit someone right in the hands. The guy had Brown beat, but Brown was playing the receiver the whole way. Luckily, the ball was slightly underthrown and Brown had quick enough reflexes to just swat it right out of his hands. I don't know if that was good coverage or not (it did seem like the guy had Brown beat), but I loved Brown's reaction.
Other than that play, I dont really remember them. I was sort of surprised they werent shifted towards Faggins side of the field to help with Steve Smith early in the game. Why wasn't there someone to help him after the fumble recovery gave the Panthers a short field and everyone knew the ball was going to Smith?
And on that play where Smith tipped the ball off Faggins and then caught it, why wasn't there anyone else around? I sort of thought that if the ball was tipped that high, someone should have at least made an attempt to knock Smith out or knock the ball away, but it looked like he was all alone in the end zone.
A guy like Faggins is a great cover corner is he doesnt have a long field to work with. I feel like he gets caught out of position a little too often to be really dominant. Other than the 2 balls to Steve, there was that one play where Delhomme overthrew the receiver. Faggins was at least 5 yards behind him.
Having good safety play could potentially elimiate those