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October 20, 2016 at 10:49 pm #55693

zn
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Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins lets play do the talking

http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2016/10/giants_cornerback_janoris_jenkins_lets_play_do_the.html#incart_river_index

EAST RUTHERFORD — Not much gets to Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins.

Asked if he feels any more pressure in New York, Jenkins had a typically laidback response.

“There is no pressure. There are just more lights,” said Jenkins, who spent his first four NFL seasons in St. Louis. “That’s it.”

Jenkins has handled the spotlight after signing a five-year, $62.5 million free-agent contract with the Giants in the offseason. Rams coach Jeff Fisher said on Wednesday that Jenkins is playing as well as any cornerback in the league.

“I’m just playing football and doing what I do,” Jenkins said. “That is a nice compliment, but I am just going to stay focused and continue to play football.”

While Jenkins isn’t big on tooting his own horn, his teammates are more than willing to sing his praises.

“He’s played lights out,” cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie said. “The thing about Jackrabbit is he’s a competitor. He’s going to get up there, he’s going to challenge you, he’s ain’t backing down from anybody and you love that in a guy.”

Jenkins has two interceptions, which are the only takeaways for the defense this season.

“He’s a playmaker,” defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul said. “I know I can count on him to be back there and do his job. He’s been playing excellent since he got here. I see it in him. He’s hungry. He makes a lot of guys hungry around him. He’s a great player.”

Jenkins signed with the Giants this offseason after spending four years with the Rams.

Jenkins is the 22nd ranked cornerback in the league, according to Pro Football Focus. He has allowed 23 catches on 40 targets for 256 yards and no touchdowns this season.

Most of those yards came on a 70-yard bomb he allowed to Baltimore’s Mike Wallace on Sunday. Otherwise, Jenkins has been locking down opposing receivers all season. Just don’t ask him to talk about it.

“I let people like y’all do the ratings and say what y’all have to say,” Jenkins said. “I just play football.”

October 20, 2016 at 10:51 pm #55694

zn
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Jeff Fisher, Los Angeles Rams regret losing ‘outstanding’ Janoris Jenkins to Giants

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/jeff-fisher-regrets-losing-outstanding-janoris-jenkins-giants-article-1.2837225

For Jeff Fisher, Janoris Jenkins is the one that got away.

Jenkins played for the Rams for his first four seasons in the league, but was lured away to the Giants this offseason by a five-year, $62.5 million deal that included $29 million in guarantees.

“It was a disappointing loss for us,” Fisher said Wednesday, ahead of the game between the Rams and Giants on Sunday. “He’s an outstanding young man, one of my favorites that I’ve ever had an opportunity to coach. With all due respect to the other corners in the league right now, it’s hard to find one that’s playing better than he is.”

Janoris Jenkins’ high expectations match his high-priced deal
“We made every attempt and it’s just one of those things that happens in free agency,” Fisher added. “So I was disappointed. I spoke with him, he wanted to come back, it just didn’t work out; it was out of our control.”

Jenkins said it was “hard” to leave the Rams and that he still kept in touch with a bunch of his old teammates there. He said Fisher saying he’s one of the best corners in the league was a “nice compliment.”

“I think I have played good,” Jenkins said. “I can play better. Nothing major, but just keep improving every week.”

And so far, he’s been worth the contract, as Jenkins has played very well to open the year with Big Blue.

October 20, 2016 at 11:49 pm #55695

InvaderRam
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i underestimated his value to this team. i thought this defense would miss mcleod more, but i think they’ve done better replacing him than jenkins.

October 21, 2016 at 11:17 am #55713
bnw
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I’m glad JJ is gone. He was too undisciplined. He also gambled too much. Unless he has gained experience that makes him gamble less, then he is a liability against good teams and that is something the Rams can’t afford.
- This reply was modified 8 years ago by bnw.
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October 21, 2016 at 11:35 am #55715
NERam
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bnw wrote:

I’m glad JJ is gone. He was too undisciplined. He also gambled too much. Unless he has gained experience that makes him gamble less than he is a liability against good teams and that is something the Rams can’t afford.

I agree with some of that. Yeah, he did gamble, and made some plays, and got burned some. I seem to recall he got some negative comments on being burned for long plays for blowing his coverage. But it turned that another Ram defender had blown HIS assignment, and Janoris was scrambling to catch the receiver. His athleticism allowed him to close the gap very quickly, making it “look” like he had the assignment.

At any rate, I’m not thrilled he’s gone. I understand about the finances, 62M is hard to ignore. But I definitely think his good outweighed the bad, and that this years secondary is weaker without him.
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October 21, 2016 at 1:35 pm #55723

Zooey
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He was good. And he was getting better. He had issues with discipline his first two years, but he was a good player who was getting more disciplined and improving.

Losing him was damaging.

E.J. Gaines is very good, and TruJo is good. So it was a question of priorities. Essentially they let depth walk. And that’s a salary cap decision more than a talent decision. Do you keep three CBs that are very good so you have one in case another gets injured? Or do you keep two good CBs with cheaper depth and allot your resources to somewhere else? The Rams chose the latter. I wish they had kept Jenkins, but I do not follow the CPA stuff, and so I don’t criticize this particular move.

October 21, 2016 at 2:45 pm #55729

zn
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Zooey wrote:

Do you keep three CBs that are very good so you have one in case another gets injured? Or do you keep two good CBs with cheaper depth and allot your resources to somewhere else?

I suspect that if not for the trade, they would have drafted a corner this year.

October 21, 2016 at 2:53 pm #55731

nittany ram
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Zooey wrote:

He was good. And he was getting better. He had issues with discipline his first two years, but he was a good player who was getting more disciplined and improving.

Losing him was damaging.

E.J. Gaines is very good, and TruJo is good. So it was a question of priorities. Essentially they let depth walk. And that’s a salary cap decision more than a talent decision. Do you keep three CBs that are very good so you have one in case another gets injured? Or do you keep two good CBs with cheaper depth and allot your resources to somewhere else? The Rams chose the latter. I wish they had kept Jenkins, but I do not follow the CPA stuff, and so I don’t criticize this particular move.

Yeah they knew they would lose JJenks. They were prepared for it. They couldn’t keep JJenks and TruJo and they valued TruJo more. It sucks to lose JJenks but that became inevitable when they franchised TruJo.

McLeod was the one that took them by surprise. They didn’t see that coming.

October 21, 2016 at 5:36 pm #55739

sanbagger
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zn wrote:

Zooey wrote:

Do you keep three CBs that are very good so you have one in case another gets injured? Or do you keep two good CBs with cheaper depth and allot your resources to somewhere else?

I suspect that if not for the trade, they would have drafted a corner this year.

I have no doubt about that. Fisher has stated he believes you should draft a DB in every draft.

Don’t forget, even after the trade they still took 2 TE’s and 2 receivers. Think offense was the focal point? Add that in the previous draft they drafted O-line.

I have noticed their strategy when drafting is to select an area, RB..TE..WR..etc, and hit that with a couple or more picks. I have had fun attempting to predict where they were targeting.
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