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Caleb Farley--what are the coaches doing and can he be saved?


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I have a theory about what the coaches are doing with Farley. They let him play, hoping that the experience would bring him along. They were willing to take some bad plays in that. However, it was hurting the dude's confidence. It was pretty obvious. So then they don't play him at all, and put a guy out there that gave up big play after big play but still holds his head up (veterans CBs don't care...they just get paid!). Meanwhile, Farley gets to work on his technique without losing confidence. Sure, not playing sucks and in it's own way leads to having to answer questions about why you aren't playing. BUT, it's better than getting toasted over and over, which could simply destroy his confidence.

 

I think he can still be a good player. Fulton as a rookie was OK...he gave up some plays and flashed. Now, he's our best CB (it's not close). I'm not saying Farley will be that. I'm saying this is basically his rookie year, and thus too early to give up on him. 

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I hated this pick personally, but I'm surprised people are writing him off. He's basically still a raw as hell rookie. We thought he'd struggle his first year playing when he was drafted because he was so raw and inexperienced coming out, and he was basically injured all last year. So this is his first real year playing.

 

I don't think you can gauge him until next season. I never had any hopes of him being a starter this year and don't know why people have this expectation.

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You don’t even have to look far at the same position in the modern nfl to see how these guys can fulfill their potential multiple years after they were drafted. I would just point you all to Jeff Okudah and how he is playing this year after being TERRIBLE the first couple years. AJ Terrell was a shutdown corner last year. Chidobe Awuzie hadn’t hit his stride until he was on his SECOND contract.

 

 

Patience y’all.

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I wonder about several possibilities..1) can he play press and man to man, which requires much less thinking, or maybe he should be a zone corner exclusively..2) maybe he should be the  corner on the tight end, with that size for this season

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14 minutes ago, TeamRamrod said:

You don’t even have to look far at the same position in the modern nfl to see how these guys can fulfill their potential multiple years after they were drafted. I would just point you all to Jeff Okudah and how he is playing this year after being TERRIBLE the first couple years. AJ Terrell was a shutdown corner last year. Chidobe Awuzie hadn’t hit his stride until he was on his SECOND contract.

 

 

Patience y’all.

Just so easy to pick these apart.

 

Okudah: One of the most polished CB prospects in recent memory. Started 5 or 6 games his rookie year then was injured first game of his 2nd. Okudah was always pro ready, Farley couldn't be further from that

 

AJ Terrell: Usual rookie bumps but still did OK and All Pro year 2

 

Awuzie: Played well in spots his first couple years in Dallas, they didn't give him a 2nd contract. Farley is no good to us on another team

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5 minutes ago, IrishTitansFan said:

Just so easy to pick these apart.

 

Okudah: One of the most polished CB prospects in recent memory. Started 5 or 6 games his rookie year then was injured first game of his 2nd. Okudah was always pro ready, Farley couldn't be further from that

 

AJ Terrell: Usual rookie bumps but still did OK and All Pro year 2

 

Awuzie: Played well in spots his first couple years in Dallas, they didn't give him a 2nd contract. Farley is no good to us on another team

I don’t think you picked apart what I was saying…at all? Are you a confused little guy?

 

Also. I wasn’t saying he is going to be Jalen Ramsey or even a starter at that. It’s just too early to throw the baby out with the bath water.

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2 minutes ago, TeamRamrod said:

I don’t think you picked apart what I was saying…at all? Are you a confused little guy?

 

Also. I wasn’t saying he is going to be Jalen Ramsey or even a starter at that. It’s just too early to throw the baby out with the bath water.

Well they were all better than anything Farley has shown to this point at the same point in their careers barring maybe Okudah, and he is one of the best CB prospects of all time so it's apples to oranges there

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2 minutes ago, IrishTitansFan said:

Well they were all better than anything Farley has shown to this point at the same point in their careers barring maybe Okudah, and he is one of the best CB prospects of all time so it's apples to oranges there

Farley was a top 10 prospect until the injury stuff 

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