Scandrick isn’t the typical case of a kid who isn’t ready yet. Last year Scandrick was the one playing at a Pro Bowl level and Jenkins was playing like a sorry bum. I don’t know what is wrong with Scandrick this season but when you have a 23 year old who has played at a very high level in the NFL, you give him some time to get better.

It’s been almost every team from about the third game. He consistently misses tackles on bubble screens and gives cushions that he can’t make up for with his speed. I’m not asking for the Cowboys to cut him, that would be a huge mistake, but once our secondary is healthy he needs to be benched, just to see if anyone can be better this year. This is not a knock on Scandrick’s potential or where he can be in a few years, but where he is now. I understand we have no feasible replacement now but I’m telling you guys keep a look out for #32 during this Chargers game and see if it really is just the Giants that beat him. They seem to be the only team that has figured out to attack him on a regular basis, if other teams do that then this defense won’t be able to get off the field. Against the Chiefs he gave up big plays to Wade late in the game, against the Packers they figured out they could put Driver in the slot and terrorize him. Scandrick played well last year and showed glimpses of what he could be, but he’s nowhere near that right now and it could definitely hurt this team in the long run.

Because there’s no one behind him. Who you got that’s going to be better? Allan Ball is already on the field at FS, and hasn’t been any better than Scandrick at CB this year anyway. This is what happens when you draft guys for their special teams talent instead of drafting serviceable backups. Can’t blame anyone for Scandrick’s regression except for him, but you can blame Jerry for not drafting another backup!

I know what a knee jerk reaction is, and I know what I’ve been seeing for a while now. If anything, I think it’s a knee jerk reaction to dismiss his miscues as being caused by how good Steve Smith runs his routes. Like I mentioned above this hasn’t been solely in the Giants game, though they seem to have figured out who to attack. I’m not advocating cutting Scandrick at all, but I do feel that this team needs to explore its options when the team is healthier or make a change in his responsibilities, maybe move to more zone coverages on third down. Maybe it’s only that I see his mistakes and not those of others because of the position he plays and when he’s made them, but he has made them, of that I’m sure. If you watch the Packers highlights , particularly the pass plays at 1:47 and 2:16, Scandrick shows that he’s giving big cushions that he can’t compensate for, and can’t tackle very well. Though the tacklings issue seems to permeate through our whole secondary. The Packers moved the ball well when we were in man and they were throwing to the slot whether it was Driver or Jennings. Earlier in the highlight and in other videos I’ve seen Scandrick has shown to be pretty good in zone coverage covering underneath routes, but if this coaching staff continues to put him in man coverage on the slot he’ll continue to get burned. Before you guys dismiss my arguement watch Sunday and see if he is the player you remember from last year. You can’t tell me he has promise because of one good year, then tell me that there is no cause for concern with one bad year.