PFF: 2011 Tackling: The Cornerbacks - Tackling Optional in Philly

"What makes matters worse for the Eagles is that all three members of that impressive looking corner stable finished in the Bottom 11, with two of them (Asomugha and DRC) in the bottom four places. Collectively, the Eagles’ trio missed a tackle once every 4.7 times they attempted one this season, or more than one-fifth of the total tackles they attempted."

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So believe it or not, according to this data, Asante was actually the best tackler out of our best three corners. Still awful though.

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by PhiladelphiaEagles on Feb 12, 2012 7:52 PM EST reply actions

Was just reading this. I really want to cry.

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by benjapal on Feb 12, 2012 8:01 PM EST reply actions

Not suprised at all

Safeties including Page and Coleman missed their share too. Any idea on what the Eagles’ D YAC ranking was this year? I would bet it was bottom 1/3 of the NFL given how poorly their secondary/LBs tackled most of the year.

by MG77 on Feb 12, 2012 8:10 PM EST reply actions

You’re not surprised Asante wasn’t the worst though? That kind of surprised me. Not that I thought Nnamdi and DRC were great or anything, it’s just that I expected Asante to be the worst… and I think a lot of fans would tell you Asante is the worst (without looking at any stats/data).

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by PhiladelphiaEagles on Feb 12, 2012 8:12 PM EST up reply actions

Thanks a lot, Johnnie Lynn!

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by immynimmy on Feb 12, 2012 9:22 PM EST reply actions

Ha.

I think the real person to blame here is Castillo… except for Asante’s case. Asante is just not consistently going to make the effort to make a proper tackle (again, tackle – not a ‘hit’), so that’s expected. Nothing’s going to change that. However, as the article states, Nnamdi’s poor tackling numbers probably were so high because he playing in a lot of different spots unlike he was in the past. In the past, Nnamdi was hardly thrown at, which left less opportunities for him to make tackles. Same kind of thing with DRC – who is not a good fit as the slot CB. DRC was put in a position that was not his strength, where he was forced to tackle more.

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by PhiladelphiaEagles on Feb 12, 2012 9:50 PM EST up reply actions

I think the real person to blame here is Castillo…

Wait a second, what? Our CBs suck at tackling, our safeties suck at tackling, our LBs suck at tackling, and the defensive flaws still fall on Castillo? If anything this proves that the onus lies on the players as much as the coaching staff. In the few games where we saw consistent gang tackling (first Dallas game) our defense was great. When players got lazy and relied on the first guy to make the tackle we sucked. We have a small defense outside of the the front four, so players need to get in on tackles and gang up on people, and they didn’t do that. But its no surprise this defense underperformed if you take a look at how bad most of the players were at tackling. I actually liked the scheme once Castillo figured out who he was towards the end of the season. Some of those packages were wild, and they worked.

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by AnthroEagle on Feb 13, 2012 10:25 AM EST up reply actions

My argument is that Castillo put players who couldn’t tackle well (Nnamdi, DRC) into positions where they would need to tackle more (when he moved them to the slot). This, to me, is an example of putting your players in a position to fail.

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by PhiladelphiaEagles on Feb 13, 2012 3:33 PM EST up reply actions

Nnamdi I can see, maybe, but DRC has never been a good tackler. The safeties had nothing to do with the positions Juan put them in, and the same with the LBs. This team just doesn’t tackle well, and I’m not sure Juan deserves the blame for that.

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by AnthroEagle on Feb 13, 2012 4:21 PM EST up reply actions

I wasn’t talking about the safeties or LBs though. I won’t disagree with that much. All I’m blaming Juan for here is not putting his players in the best positions to succeed.

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by PhiladelphiaEagles on Feb 13, 2012 4:56 PM EST up reply actions

Fair enough

It just seems like everything is always on Juan. IMO if the players suck at tackling it’s because they suck at tackling. They’ve been learning how to tackle their whole career; in general I think it indicates laziness/lack of effort more than lack of coaching.

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by AnthroEagle on Feb 13, 2012 5:26 PM EST up reply actions

It would be unfair to blame Juan for their poor tackling skills, yes. But it’s I think it’s at least a little fair to blame him for putting them in places where their weaknesses are exposed more.

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by PhiladelphiaEagles on Feb 13, 2012 5:33 PM EST up reply actions