re: Jalen Collins at Safety

Exactly. whoddithat. It was Mills that took the horrible angle on the TD run and whiffed.

Collins has gotten beat for 30 yard pass plays 2x this year. 1 vs UAB, and 1 vs TCU. Did he take some bad angles too? yes. Everybody on our D has taken a bad angle 1 time or another. Hell, Mills gave up a TD run on a horrible angle and got burned for a TD vs UAB.

If Martin and Loston are in the dog house for bad angles, then all of our DBs and LBs are in the dog house for bad angles.

Has Collins been great? No. Has he been horrible like everyone is making him out to be? No. Mills mistakes has cost us 2 TDs so far. Collins has cost us first downs. But, I dont see that many people calling for Mills head.

Im not saying he hasnt made mistakes. Everybody makes mistakes in football every game. But, he hasnt made more mistakes than a lot of guys on the D have.

Weve been spoiled with DBs like PP, Mo, and TM. It doesnt matter if you have a 5 * guy or a 2 *guy out there. Players like PP, TM, and Mo dont come around that often. If you get a 5 * DB, doesnt mean hes going to be a great player like PP was. Do we have good DBs on the team? Yes. But, this is what happens when you dont have an elite DB. The other team completes some passes on them and they make some mistakes. Doesnt mean they are horrible. Were so used to having an elite guy out there that we forgot what it looks like when you have a solid, but not great, player out there.

And its not like these guys have given up big plays in crunch time or anything like that. I still am going to wait until a big game before I judge our players. Especially after the UAB game.