Kurt Coleman Didn't Miss A Tackle Last Season
by JasonB on May 18, 2011 4:40 PM EDT
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PrintPro Football Focus recently did some research on the best tackling safeties in the NFL in terms tackles vs missed tackles. A surprising name came up on the top of the of their list. Eagles rookie Kurt Coleman.
Their research found that Coleman had not missed a single tackle in 2010 and was only one of three players with at least 15 tackles to do so. Now, to be fair, we are working with a small sample size with Coleman. He did have only 24 tackles on the year and started just two games. However, in that time we all saw a guy who likes to hit and has sound tackling technique. Despite the small sample size, with Nate Allen Kurt Coleman and Jaiquawn Jarrett, the Eagles have a very promising young trio of safeties and reading stuff like this makes me a little bit less nervous about the prospect of the team lettering Quintin Mikell walk. A little bit...
No other Eagles made the top or bottom 20. However, some ex-Eagles did show up in both. Not surprisingly, Brian Dawkins was in the top 20, missing a tackle in only one every 22 attempts.
There's a number of ex-Eagles in the bottom led not surprisingly by Sean Considine, who was the 6th worst tackler among safeties with a miss every five attempts. Former Eagle Sean Jones, now with the Bucs, is also amongst the bottom. It's worth noting that Earl Thomas, who many Eagles fans wanted the team to take instead of Brandon Graham in 2010, was also amongst the worst tacklers among safeties with 12 missed tackles, one every 6.75 attempts.
Redskins' Kareem Moore is the 5th worst tackler and Giants' Deion Grant was in the bottom 20 as well.
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I was reading this article today
pretty interesting, this one and the cornerback tackling article.
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How did Asante come in, btw?
My memory says he was much improved, even if he drew a lot of silly flags
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by corn on the kolb on May 18, 2011 11:18 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
unfortunately
Asante was second worst in the league. He missed 1 tackle for every 3.6 tackles attempted.
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lol
I really remember thinking he was doing better this year.
As long as he’s catching picks, is lock down, and he’s got a beast of a strong safety behind him, I’m okay with that.
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by corn on the kolb on May 20, 2011 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah that was a nice lick he put on collie.
Sucks he got a concussion, but nice, clean hit and forced fumble. That was actually my first eagles home game I’ve ever been too. Awesome game live despite the horrible officiating.
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by FlyEagles15 on May 18, 2011 6:23 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Seriously! How does that guy have a job in the NFL? He can’t cover or tackle. It blows me away that he has had multiple jobs in the NFL.
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I loved his blaming the Giants
for how badly he got torched in NYC.
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I’m either completely misunderstanding you, or you totally missed the point of brisulph’s comment.
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OK
I thought the point of his comment was to tag along with an Eagle fan of very high standing, JimmyK, and thus ingratiate himself in this blog.
Maybe I misread him. Maybe I don’t.
"What a gorgeous dog. What do you feed him?"
Idk
I just got the feeling he was hating on CC Brown because the dude is a terrible excuse for football player.
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Nope
it was an obvious attempt on my part to ingratiate myself to this blog. I have been found out. Curse you for seeing through my evil master plan… of… uhhh, how would that benefit me? Most of you guys don’t like me, nothing is going to change that, so why would I worry about it? I may as well try to hold the tide back with my hands.
I simply posted an agreement to something I agree with, my post was in reference to this story. Sorry for having to link to BBV for this, but the original story has been archived by detnews.
I think saying that most of us don’t like you is a bit of a stretch… BGN doesn’t like Giants fans in general, but I have a feeling that BBV reciprocates that for Eagles fans. Except for those who have been hit with the BBV ban hammer, I really don’t think there are too many people here who dislike you; we just dislike that you’re a Giants fan.
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get the F out of here with this bull shit
This reeks of homerism!! Coleman w/o a doubt took bad angles on a few plays and wasn’t in position to TRY and tackle the ball carrier.
“the eagles have a solid trio of safety’s”. LOL Unproven, injured and rookie. If that’s solid what sucks?
Take the name off the back of the jersey's and reinvent football as a team sport.
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by MightyJoeBanner on May 18, 2011 8:16 PM EDT reply actions
Absolutely
I can’t be the only one who remembers Coleman getting burned by Adrian Peterson.
Geez...that's kinda nitpicky, no?
Adrian Peterson has burned a lot better players than Kurt Coleman.
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This is so stupid, I’m having trouble trying to even comprehend what your problem is.
Where is the homerism? These are raw numbers. There’s no manipulating anything. And an independent source is the one who gathered this info. Do you even understand what homerism means?
And for some reason, you also decided to misquote me/lie about something I said?
“very promising young trio of safeties” which I said, is VERY different from "the eagles have a solid trio of safety’s"
Major swing and miss. Not sure what your problem is…
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by JasonB on May 18, 2011 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Think he’s just trolling you
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by corn on the kolb on May 18, 2011 11:16 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
At least quote me correctly if you’re going to do so…
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"very promising young trio of safeties"
First off, for him to misread/attack you about it he’s (1) Dyslexic and needs to slow down and reread before attacking somebody, (2) being a complete asshole or (3) Just honestly made a mistake and took it to the extreme.
Secondly, I’ll vouch for MJB, he’s typically pretty down to earth here, I think he just make an honest mistake when reading, it happens to us all.
Thirdly. We do have a very promising trio of safety’s. Nate Allen looks like a guy with great talent, and if he continues to grow I think he’ll be one of the better safety’s in the game, Jarrett I’m excited about, I think he can be the starter at SS day 1 and really make an impact, his skill set is what we need from a SS. Coleman’s the “tweener” safety who I love as a player, but I think he’s better served as that 3rd safety’s who gets quite a bit of playing time and the occasional spot starter.
let me know what you think?
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I for one
…can get on board with pretty much everything you said.
by ChillBillinChina on May 19, 2011 12:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Yep..
I personally like Coleman, however I think he’s better off in that 3rd safety who plays quite a bit role rather than full time starter
Defensive player of the year for 2011 is...
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get em Jason
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Earl Thomas...
…was slow to come on but played EXCELLENT the second half of the season. I would love to see the splits on his missed tackles to see if it was spread out consistently throughout the year.
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Doesn’t mean he still wasn’t missing tackles. He is pretty slight and I don’t know that tackling was ever his strong suit at Texas. He’s more of a cover guy right?
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From what I saw is
Thomas was a hit or miss guy, but when he hit it was considered a big hit… I think when he carried that to the pro’s that flaw was accented.
Defensive player of the year for 2011 is...
Wild_Eagle!
Yes, Wild_Eagle's infamous reputation did help him get this award. But he shows that he walks the talk that he serves...with his keyboard. Wild_Eagle protects the motherland (BGN) from the evils of noobs, douche-bags, and other assholes. Although he may be crude and unnecessary, all great defenders draws the yellow flag from time to time.
-Awarded by Number5
For sure...
I wasn’t saying whether he was or wasn’t missing tackles, just that I would be interested in seeing if he improved or his missed tackles stayed consistent. I don’t know one way or the other.
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He was labeled as
centerfield type of safety with excellent cover skills and great range and was willing to come up in run support. The fact that he was willing doesn’t mean that he was good at it.
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Yeah
I remember Mel Kiper referring to him as a “FS with CB skills” or something like that.
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I want to know the tackles made against the run vs. the pass.
It’s great that a safety is making tackles, but he’s not helping much if he’s getting routinely beaten for 25-yard completions.
He's a very good tackler, but he did miss one
On Tuesday night football, AD blew right by him. He took a normal angle and he missed bad.
Nice player though, I like him.
by topcat6 on May 18, 2011 10:15 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I don’t remember, but maybe PFF didn’t count that as a ’missed tackle?"
Maybe you have to get your hands a guy to miss a tackle? I’m not really sure what their standards are.
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What's their criteria for a missed tackle?
Defensive player of the year for 2011 is...
Wild_Eagle!
Yes, Wild_Eagle's infamous reputation did help him get this award. But he shows that he walks the talk that he serves...with his keyboard. Wild_Eagle protects the motherland (BGN) from the evils of noobs, douche-bags, and other assholes. Although he may be crude and unnecessary, all great defenders draws the yellow flag from time to time.
-Awarded by Number5
I believe they call a missed tackle (and I may be wrong) is a tackle that the player had a shot of making, that he did not.
But I remember the play now that you mention it, and I don’t think he had the chance to catch him. But Tuesday night football is hazy.
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by corn on the kolb on May 18, 2011 11:21 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Somewhat more reassuring, but still.
You gotta think we’re solid at safety right now, with maybe the need for 1 more vetern contributor. (Marlin, if healthy, could be that guy)
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by corn on the kolb on May 20, 2011 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Very promising to say the least.
I just hope Coleman can relish his place in the grand scheme of things, flourish in a backup , ST role and control his agent.
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by BWestFactor on May 19, 2011 12:10 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
It’s true. For a player taken where he was and in the situation he was in, it’s undeniable that last year was encouraging for him.
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