Bucky and
EP, the DWF's and the media are taking
Blake Martinez to task over his coverage skills.
Pro Football Reference's advanced stats have crunched all defenders coverage numbers the last 2 seasons (2018 & 2019) and they do show Martinez struggled a bit last season. Blake was
better in coverage in 2018, according to PFR's objective, Advanced Stats, which I like a lot because they tend to vindicate a lot of white linebackers and
safety's who are unfairly criticized by the media.
That said, Blake's stats were not absolutely horrific, considering most targets against linebackers are short throws to tight end or fullbacks/tailbacks, so completion percentages against linebackers tend to be pretty high. Even many
Pro Bowl linebackers allow 75% or greater completion percentages. For example, 49ers'
Kwon Alexander, a 2017 Pro Bowler who reportedly possess 4.5-something speed at outside linebacker, was signed to a 4 year/$54 million contract last spring. That's quite a bit of money for a linebacker that was
burned for a 92.3 % completion percentage in six games for Tampa (prior to injury) back in 2018. Any white linebacker toasted at that rate would be out of the NFL or permanently relegated to special teams, likely....not be handed $54 mill/27 guaranteed as a free agent.
Another example of the Caste system at work?
Joe Schobert had a
fantastic 59.6% completion percentage against him in 2018. Even though his completion percentage bumped up to 69.1% in 2019 it was still good. He also went from 1 Int to 4 Int's in 2019 and yielded less yards per target. Yet he's seen as a mid-level free-agent target by some? Meanwhile, in 2018,
C.J. Mosley posted similar coverage stats to Schobert and had nearly 30 less tackles than Schobert in 2019. Jets signed Mosley away from Baltimore for a stunning 5 year/$85 million contract last spring. Schobert deserves at least that much (according to the stats), but does anyone here think that will happen in this virulently anti-white, Jewish run league?
Don't want to bore posters and lurkers with too many stats, but for several years Aunt Crissy (ex-Bengals WR/turned NBC caste-stodge deluxe) has had a serious "
man-crush" on ex-Broncos/Bears linebacker
Danny Trevathan. Last season, for Chicago, he was
burned for a 87.5 % completion percentage prior to injury. In contrast,
Nick Kwiatkoski only yielded a fantastic
59.5 % completion percentage last season and a terrific 4 yards per target. Granted, it was a fairly small sample. But that "
small sample", coupled with his run defending skills and speed while blitzing, should be good enough to really tantalize potential suitors. Even if his completion percentage against went up a full 10 percent next season, he'd still be above average in coverage.