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Jaylon Johnson made the list...
Only reason he struggled in zone is because of Pagano's stupid ass playcalling, -- the TD before the half in the Saints game(reg season) was an absolutely awful playcall by Pagano(soft zone in the red zone).
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Round (Selection): 2 (50)
What went wrong in 2020: Johnson, like most rookie cornerbacks, endured an up-and-down season in Year 1. He broke up 13 passes in 13 games but also allowed 14 catches to result in a gain of 15-plus yards. A lot of the latter came in zone coverage, leading Johnson to rank fifth-to-last in zone coverage grade among outside corners. That is quite the opposite of what we saw from him at Utah, where he established himself as one of the most instinctive players in the country and made numerous impact plays in off-zone coverage.
Why they are going to break out in 2021: Cornerback has the steepest learning curve from college to the NFL. The biggest thing you want to see from a rookie like Johnson is holding up at the line of scrimmage and not getting burnt in man coverage. And that’s where he impressed in 2020. His coverage grade among outside corners in man coverage was the second-best in the NFL.
Among rookie outside corners over the past five years, Johnson finished fifth in man coverage grade — behind J.C. Jackson (2018), Marshon Lattimore (2017), Tre’Davious White (2017) and Denzel Ward (2018). And Johnson recorded a 21.2% forced incompletion this season, the best mark by a rookie outside corner in the PFF era (since 2006).
Highest forced incompletion % | rookie outside CBs since 2006
Player, Team, Year Forced Inc. %
Jaylon Johnson, Chicago Bears (‘20) 21.2%
Jamel Dean, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (‘19) 21.1%
Marlon Humphrey, Baltimore Ravens (‘17) 20.3%
His zone awareness is bound to improve in the next couple of years. He held up better than any other rookie in man coverage this season and has flashed all the signs of taking a big step forward in 2021.
Only reason he struggled in zone is because of Pagano's stupid ass playcalling, -- the TD before the half in the Saints game(reg season) was an absolutely awful playcall by Pagano(soft zone in the red zone).
Six rookies from the 2020 NFL Draft class most likely to break out in 2021
COVID-19 steepened the learning curve for the 2020 NFL rookie class, but plenty of first-year players still showed signs of bigger things to come.
Round (Selection): 2 (50)
What went wrong in 2020: Johnson, like most rookie cornerbacks, endured an up-and-down season in Year 1. He broke up 13 passes in 13 games but also allowed 14 catches to result in a gain of 15-plus yards. A lot of the latter came in zone coverage, leading Johnson to rank fifth-to-last in zone coverage grade among outside corners. That is quite the opposite of what we saw from him at Utah, where he established himself as one of the most instinctive players in the country and made numerous impact plays in off-zone coverage.
Why they are going to break out in 2021: Cornerback has the steepest learning curve from college to the NFL. The biggest thing you want to see from a rookie like Johnson is holding up at the line of scrimmage and not getting burnt in man coverage. And that’s where he impressed in 2020. His coverage grade among outside corners in man coverage was the second-best in the NFL.
Among rookie outside corners over the past five years, Johnson finished fifth in man coverage grade — behind J.C. Jackson (2018), Marshon Lattimore (2017), Tre’Davious White (2017) and Denzel Ward (2018). And Johnson recorded a 21.2% forced incompletion this season, the best mark by a rookie outside corner in the PFF era (since 2006).
Highest forced incompletion % | rookie outside CBs since 2006
Player, Team, Year Forced Inc. %
Jaylon Johnson, Chicago Bears (‘20) 21.2%
Jamel Dean, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (‘19) 21.1%
Marlon Humphrey, Baltimore Ravens (‘17) 20.3%
His zone awareness is bound to improve in the next couple of years. He held up better than any other rookie in man coverage this season and has flashed all the signs of taking a big step forward in 2021.
