Mucky Tundra
3 years ago
Packers' Darnell Savage emerging as elite NFL safety 

Over the last seven games, including Sunday night’s win over the Tennessee Titans, Savage ranks first in the NFL among safeties in overall grade at PFF. He’s been targeted 16 times over that stretch, allowing just three catches for 57 yards and zero touchdowns while intercepting four passes and breaking up six others. Quarterbacks have a passer rating of 2.3 when targeting Savage since Week 10.

Coach Matt LaFleur believes the right process is finally starting to create big results for a young, talented player.

“I think he’s just trusting what he sees, trusting his eyes,” LaFleur said Sunday night. “I think (defensive backs coach) Jerry Gray does a phenomenal job with him, just always talking to him about making sure his eyes are right, making sure he’s doing his responsibilities. Those plays will come to you. You have to trust it.”



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beast
3 years ago
That's great, but also a number of running teams in there since week 10... or should be running teams. Since week 10 it's been Jags, Colts, Bears, Eagles, Lions, Panthers, Titans...

But absolutely great he's stepping up, and that the Packers have been adjusting their run defense scheme in recent weeks and trusting their DBs to hold up more one on one and using them more aggressively.

As long as you can keep King on a good one on one man bump and run matchups that could continue to work, and allow Savage to be more aggressive is smart.

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KRK
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3 years ago
Someone in the game chat (I forgot who) made and excellent point about the dropped interception. Savage was moving in toward the ball so rapidly, it make the throw much more difficult to catch.

He is scary fast. So fast, you could match him up on slot.
In Luce tua Videmus Lucem KRK
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3 years ago
Keep it going guys. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.



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go.pack.go.
3 years ago

Someone in the game chat (I forgot who) made and excellent point about the dropped interception. Savage was moving in toward the ball so rapidly, it make the throw much more difficult to catch.

He is scary fast. So fast, you could match him up on slot.

Originally Posted by: KRK 



I believe that was me. The guy was absolutely flying.
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Zero2Cool
3 years ago
I think Savage is excelling quicker than Nick Collins did. Collins didn't come into his own until his fourth season.
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beast
3 years ago

I think Savage is excelling quicker than Nick Collins did. Collins didn't come into his own until his fourth season.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 



Collins couldn't catch the ball early on and had problems biting VERY HARD on play action, but otherwise he developed before 4 years... it just took fans 4 year to notice because they were too busy complaining about all the INTs he dropped in year 2, including chanting for Aaron Rouse to get the start over Collins...

Which Rouse played over aggressively and basically had a 1:1 Ratios with INTs to Giving Up TDs, but fans saw that he could actually catch the ball unlike Collins at the time.

But Collins was making a lot of non-exciting plays that go unnoticed, which playing a deep FS role, Earl Thomas likes to point out the FS should go unnoted if they're doing their job right and the QB doesn't throw a stupid pass. Their job in that role is to make sure the QB doesn't go deep... and if they do anyways, make sure they don't get nothing good out of it.
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Mucky Tundra
3 years ago

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