"I think that's important, in order to have that swag is to have that confidence in yourself and being able to love yourself. 34 / 52. Gusty call by Mike Pettine to send Jaire Alexander on the blitz and it pays off with the CB unchecked off the edge to sack Kirk Cousins for the safety. Powered by. He was released by the Vikings and signed a one-year pact with the Indianapolis Colts, where the Rhodes to redemption began. He also chipped in with a Pass Break-up in each game and notched his first career interception in Week 2. Ward had 13 (No. This site .css-110721q{color:#0079F0;}contains commercial content. It's also available for basketball, baseball and hockey. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. 1 at the position with a 90.6 Pro Football Focus (PFF) coverage grade and has just 5.1 yards per target allowed on four targets per game. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call 1-800-GAMBLER. Dating back to last season, he has allowed just 6.0 yards per target and become a true shutdown defender. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? 4) Fantasy Points per Target. 15) passes and intercepted another two, and earning himself a + 45.9 (No. And when it comes to which member of Green Bay's roster personifies that ideal more than anyone, it's a fairly easy answer whenever players and coaches are surveyed for their opinion. Sneed played in nine games as a rookie and he was called upon to defend just under 20 routes per game. He just raises the level in our room. Cousins had led the NFL in interceptions coming out of the bye week, which to Minnesota committing to the run game instead of unleashing Jeffersons potential at the time. So you have to be able to compete all the time within yourself, even when the ball is not coming your way. In his first two seasons, Bradberry played mostly at left corner but in 2018-19, the Panthers used him to shadow big-bodied No. Coming off the bye, Thielen is Nos. Jaire Alexander is a top-20 corner in PPR/Target allowed to his covered wide receivers, which is not an easy thing to do considering he's been targeted 69 times already this season. Moore is not Seattles No. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Higgins has been absolutely ridiculous this season. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. With this matchup, Alexander might revert back to his pre-Weeks 4-6 shadow form. Other than that, he cant look much better in any of the other tracked stats for corners. Smith wasnt exactly peppered with targets in 2020, with quarterbacks looking his way just 45 times last season. The AFC and NFC rosters for the 2023 Pro Bowl Games were revealed Wednesday night on NFL Network and NFL.com. Among corners with at least 150 routes defended, Hall is allowing the 19th-most PPR/Target at 1.92, compared to Moores 2.65 average on the year. Travis Kelce and Justin Jefferson are unanimous choices for The Associated Press 2022 NFL All-Pro Team, and Sauce Gardner is the first rookie cornerback selected in 41 years. Im not saying, nor are the numbers suggesting, that Darby became the second coming of Deion Sanders once he reached the nations capital. Kickoff: 8:20 p.m. Which he did, signing with the Washington Football Team. In that game, he allowed just two receptions on seven targets for 29 yards and picked off a pass. He surrendered more than 50 yards in a game just three times all season, with no more than 61 in a single game. Okudah has already been benched once this year and is an injury fill-in for starter Desmond Trufant (hamstring). Gambling problem? All betting content is intended for an audience ages 21+. College Louisville Cardinals. Does any pair of teammates top the Chargers' Keenan Allen and Mike Williams among the NFL's best receiver duos? "GMFB" shares the players' performance they will be watching closely in Week 18. Identifying the best and worst DFS plays at the WR position based on CB matchups for Week 14. The content on this site is for entertainment and educational purposes only. 42) yards. In Weeks 1-2, he allowed 8-148-1 receiving on 12 targets, and then he missed Week 5 after testing positive for COVID-19. On top of that, he was beat deep for a long reception toward the end of the game that was called back by a questionable penalty. (Note: These numbers do not include the Rams Monday Night Football win over the Bears in Week 8.). That hasnt mattered a lot, as even on a lower amount of targets-against Rob is surrendering plenty of fantasy goods. Green Bay Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander joins NFL Network. He has said hes going to be out there, so Im confident hell be part of Cincys offense come game time. Take a look at photos of Green Bay Packers CB Keisean Nixon during the 2022 NFL season. Jaire Alexander 2020 Efficiency Metrics Alexander gave up five receptions for 71 yards in Week 1, mostly matched up against Adam Thielen. Aaron Donald and Jaire Alexander are the first players to be revealed on the 2023 Pro Bowl Games NFC roster ahead of the full roster unveiling on Wednesday. Vikings WR Justin Jefferson scorched the Packers in Week 1, generating nine catches for 184 yards and two TDs in the 23-7 season-opening trouncing. The 2019 Defensive Player of the Year, Gilmore has had a challenging season. In his first game back from injury last week, Shepard was 6-59-1 receiving on eight targets. He's welcomed that pressure since the Packers drafted him 18th overall out of Louisville in 2018. Repeating his 2020 game would be ideal for Alexander, however, plenty has changed in two years. He allowed less than 30 yards receiving in seven games last season and no more than 69 in any one contest. In the absence of an established perimeter threat, White typically stays at left corner, where I expect him to play most against Jakobi Meyers, an injury fill-in for starter NKeal Harry (concussion). Here are the shadow matchups Im projecting. In limited action, Okudah has allowed 24-350-0 on 35 targets. 6 in our rankings, and no cornerback in the top ten allowed fewer Fantasy Points per Game than Smiths 3.7 mark. 1 receivers, so he has tailed Evans four times in the past two years. In this piece, I leverage snap data fromPro Football Focus to project NFL Week 8 WR/CB matchups, especially shadow situations. Keelan Cole, playing for a Trevor-Lawrence-seeking Jags, had his moments early in the season and a few other good games here and there, but hes not been otherworldly. 2023 NFL Enterprises LLC. Analytics guru Cynthia Frelund uses her models to project win share leaders for the 2021 NFL season. For more, see theFantasyLabs Matchups page, where we provide basic and advanced data including fantasy and red-zone performance for each offensive skill-position player based on his matchup. Weve communicated a couple of times about his goals also, and the thing Ive told him is his biggest problem is going to be him. Green Bay Packers Pro Bowl corner Jaire Alexander wants to be wherever that ball is in Sundays season opener against the Minnesota Vikings. Texans WR Will Fuller vs. Packers CB Jaire Alexander. Higgins has scored more than 10 PPR points just three times this season, and prior to his Week 13 out-of-nowhere game, he had finished below that mark in his last five games. 3: Large upgrade. But he went about his business of locking down a large chunk of the players he was tasked with covering. Your favorite teams, topics, and players all on your favorite mobile devices. He can do a lot of things really well., Packers Star Trashes Vikings QB Kirk Cousins: Im Putting Him in the Ground, Please review our privacy policy here: https://heavy.com/privacy-policy/, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. If I focus on myself more, I will ultimately be able to (beat) my opponent because Ill know what I need to do. Packers vs. -3: Large downgrade. "My swagger just comes from knowing myself, loving myself and having confidence," said Alexander last month. All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League. No promotions available. Having gone from all-rookie as the teams first-round pick in 2018 to Pro Bowl alternate in 2019 to Pro Bowler and All-Pro in 2020, Alexander is about to become a big-money player. Barnwell's 50-man All-Pro roster: The NFL's real best players, and which positions are up for debate, Alexander: WR Jefferson's Week 1 game 'a fluke', They said it! He gave up 10+ PPR points to Minny, 6+ to Washington, and 10+ once more this past week to Baltimore. 7) Coverage Rating. A 2017 All-Pro pass defender, Ramsey has always been great, but this year he has really come into his own. Thanks to Scott Barrett for providing me with some of PFFs historical data. Hes dead last among starting corners with a 30.1 PFF coverage grade. Before and after that Week 5 to Week 10 span, though, King has been a nightmarish corner to target this season. In two games spent mostly keeping A.J. ET on Monday | TV: ESPN. "GMFB" share the most impressive plays from Week 16 on You Gotta Rewind That! It's pretty cool. Mic'd Up: Green Bay Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander fields his own punt at Packers camp. His Burn Rate was a dismal 4.0-percent (No. 6 in both Coverage Rating (+47.6) and Catch Rate Allowed (52.5-percent). He returned to play between Weeks 11 and 16, but he played more than 48.4-percent of the snaps in a single game just once. After a down 2019 season perhaps because of head coach Matt Patricias defense Slay has rebounded in his first year with the Eagles. Alexander has maintained tunnel vision throughout. Hes giving up 0.85 fantasy points each time hes targeted, which is already 0.06 fewer than No. Lets start with this weeks featured matchup and then run through all the potential shadow matchups and most notable upgrades and downgrades. It is highly recommended that you use the latest versions of a supported browser in order to receive an optimal viewing experience. Everything about him seems super vet-like to me," said Adams last month. The following browsers are supported: Chrome, Edge (v80 and later), Firefox and Safari. Bryce Hall has only played from Week 9 on (included) and while that first game wasnt that bad2/2-40 covering mostly Jakobi Meyersit is also true that the last three games (W11-to-W13) have been as bad as they can get for the cornerback. He has to fight being an All-Pro right now. Cynthia Frelund's model projects the final scores, win probability, and cover probability for every NFL game in week 17 of the 2022 season. 76) of the passes sent his way to be caught, and these catches earned an average of 12.8 (No. And as you enter him, start waving him goodbye while you can. 7 and 12 in the NFL with 10 targets and 86.1 yards receiving per game. Of course, the Patriots dont really have a No. Defensive backs coach Jerry Gray, a former four-time Pro Bowl cornerback in his own right, appreciates how the 23-year-old Alexander properly balances his confidence with understanding he's still not a finished product. Dating back to last season, he has allowed just 6.1 yards per target and become a true shutdown defender.