Stingley Nugget

I mean I was confident in that before this.


However it’s just crazy to see an NFL level analyst naming names of a guy coming off a true freshman season saying he is the best in the game.


Damn. Just soak that in.

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The gap between Stingley and the second cornerback on this list is massive. Stingley shattered PFF records across the board in his 2019 true freshman campaign, notably putting together the most WAA we have ever seen by a non-quarterback in a single season. Stingley just had one of the best seasons we have ever seen in the PFF College era

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- ESPN

And Bo Nix was SEC Freshman of the Year. Let than sink in.

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Smith did give him the business against Alabama though.

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1 was a slip, the other was on the coaches.

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The Florida game was his “worst” game but a lot of that was scheme. Aranda refused to bring pressure for most of the first half of the season. That game and the Texas game were so frustrating because just about every time we did bring pressure we were successful. He just rarely did it.

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The gap between Stingley and the second cornerback on this list is massive. Stingley shattered PFF records across the board in his 2019 true freshman campaign, notably putting together the most WAA we have ever seen by a non-quarterback in a single season. Stingley just had one of the best seasons we have ever seen in the PFF College era

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Only thing is, he said we were going to see him in next year’s draft on the Herd. I love DJ, but I said to myself, you’re discrediting him just a little.

He’s only a freshman. Lol. Stupid good 24 is.

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O just crushes recruiting.

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And Red Bulls.

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Although on both of the deep plays the coaching staff didn't put him in a great position IMO

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bullshite! The first one, sure, that was a clever play by Bama. But 90 seconds left, up by two scores, and Bama on their own 15? The coaches made a good call. It’s up to the corners to not let those guys get behind them. Stingley did nothing - not in the release phase, not in the catch phase - to impede Smith’s sprint to our end zone. Had he done anything - anything at all - to slow Smith, the safety would have been there.

On the other hand, if LSU had played prevent, it’s easy to envision Bama hitting uncontested 10 yard slants to Jeudy or Smith, and them ripping off YAC against a spread out backfield. With the clock stopping on first downs, Bama would have scored in 30 seconds, and LSU fans would have been screaming about the stupid “prevent” defense. Remember this the next time you’re complaining about your favorite team playing prevent.

Correct call. Perhaps they should have benched a pass rusher and added a safety to play three deep. In fact, I do think that would have been better given the circumstances, but I loved the bump and run on the outside. Horrible execution by Stingley. He might as well have not been on the field.