El Turco wrote:Getting pick-sixes doesn't really impress me for a defensive back. Generally teams don't throw to cornerbacks who are lockdown corners, therefore I am always skeptical of cornerbacks who get a lot of interceptions, as it might mean they are gambling too much on defense. Bland might be like Diggs a couple of years ago, he might have given up more yards than he picked because he was always gambling. I haven't looked at his metrics, but I haven't heard many people call him a lockdown corner either.
Plus if you have two players in DPOY race you better have a historically good defense which wasnt the case.
Yeah didnt Diggs allow the most yards in coverage that year despite having gazillion interceptions that one year? Some cornerbacks tend to gamble a lot to get interceptions resulting breakdown in coverage.