An Up Night For Jamel Dean
October 15th, 2021
Jamel Deans seems to be a bouncing basketball of an NFL cornerback.
At times, Dean plays like a Pro Bowl corner. That’s right, Joe typed that.
Other times you’re convinced Dean’s days with the Bucs are numbered and not because he’s going to sign a filthy rich contract somewhere else.
Last night was one of those good games from Dean, and the Bucs sure needed it, especially after Richard Sherman blew out a hamstring.
Dean had a pick and four passes defended. The Eagles clearly targeted him and last night he was up to the task.
Though Eagles wide receiver Quez Watkins fully butchered his pass route down the left sideline, Dean took advantage and he looked like the receiver on the play while Watkins looked like the piece of burnt toast corner.
How good of a game did Dean have? Per the Bucs, Dean, for the first time in his NFL career had picks in back-to-back games. Dean also has five games with four or more passes defensed since 2019. That’s three more than any other NFL player in the same timeframe.
Right now Dean is on a roll. Given his history, you don’t know when the next rotten game will come. It could be a week from Sunday against the Bears, it could be in two months. History suggests it is coming.
After the game Dean had last night interceptions in consecutive games, perhaps that’s why Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians said after the game he didn’t think the Bucs were going to make a move for another corner.
From NFL Now: #Bucs CB Richard Sherman is likely out a couple weeks with a hamstring injury. pic.twitter.com/6zyR95vCao
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) October 15, 2021
October 15th, 2021 at 2:06 pm
Id get rid of Sherman………..hes like Rod TOAST Jones, back in the day! We still need a lock down CORNER!
October 15th, 2021 at 2:07 pm
I don’t know about that. Dean got the INT, but he also could have been called for PI a bunch of other times. As for the Eagles, what idiots. Why would you target the Bucs only NFL-caliber corner? Just throw anywhere but where Dean is and you’re pretty much assured a catch.
October 15th, 2021 at 2:11 pm
Dean is a off the bench kind of player no way he is a starter
October 15th, 2021 at 2:13 pm
JJ- where can we find one right now? Walmart?
October 15th, 2021 at 2:16 pm
Lock down corners are rarely available in the middle of October.
Besides, those guys cost tens of millions of dollars. The Bucs don’t have that. Wanting a lock down corner now is like the Bucs standing in front of the $20 blackjack table with only $5 in their wallet.
October 15th, 2021 at 2:41 pm
Richard Sherman may no longer be an all pro CB but he definitely better than most #3 CBs in the league. He may even start as a #2 CB on most teams. Give him some time to learn the new playbook. Jury is still out.
October 15th, 2021 at 2:49 pm
What game were you watching? He got a lucky pick off an awful pass. He had a terrible PI that set he Eagles up for their first TD. Not a good game at all.
October 15th, 2021 at 3:12 pm
itoldjaso!
October 15th, 2021 at 3:13 pm
The Sherminator looked slow, but so did Gronk last tear!
October 15th, 2021 at 3:17 pm
A lucky pick. Yet another major PI call and one that did not get called. He is not a starter.
October 15th, 2021 at 3:19 pm
Seems like since we have been winning that Joe is obsessed to find our team’s weakest link ,
Take your personal feeling or biases out of the discussion and objectively look at Dean’s overall performance SINCE his first start in Seattle 2019, he’s been very good, there is no way you can look at his numbers and come to any other conclusion
I love CD 24, but he gets beat deep more than Dean look it up
Guess we’ll see as season goes on but Joe your dead wrong here
October 15th, 2021 at 3:28 pm
The only biases Joe has is for the Bucs to win and for Rachel Watson.
Pretty sure this article documents that Dean is playing well more often than not recently. If you are suggesting Dean is a Pro Bowler, then you have to explain why teams (that’s plural) target him so much. Teams generally don’t target corners they fear.
October 15th, 2021 at 3:36 pm
I just wish Dean had some awareness to track the ball. He could of had two picks last night.
October 15th, 2021 at 3:41 pm
I’m not sure the numbers say that 35 has been targeted more as percentage wise since 2019, Dallas game clearly an outlier
I thought that it is common knowledge that the Pro Bowl is a joke and more of a popularity thing
Would love for Defense Rules to post hard stats on this
Opinions are like rear ends we all got one
See how rest of season goes
Go Bucs
October 15th, 2021 at 3:55 pm
I’m sorry dean didn’t have a good night it was up and down all night he should have been called a few times for dpi and was lucky he didnt. Often times he looks lost he has no feel for the game on devolving plays and routes ran he has the ability but lacks the instincts.
October 15th, 2021 at 4:15 pm
He is getting closer to being a quality corner. He has grown up a year and he needed it.
He made a couple of choices in coverage and some of them worked, he got lucky on some, and a couple fell flat.
That is a lot better than last year, when a slant was an automatic 15 yards. He might nail a fast receiver a little early, but if he doesn’t it is a TD.
He is progressing and that is all we can ask right now. Only about 50% of college CBs survive in the NFL. The Bucs are above average on that.
October 15th, 2021 at 4:32 pm
GOOD GAME!???
ROFLMAO!!!!
Get outta here with that crap.
Dude gave up tons of penalty yards with his deep pass interference call and clearly committed PI in the end zone that the ref missed – he never turns towards the ball and hits the WR in the face as the ball comes down and is dropped. Clearly pass interference.
Dean is a terrible NFL starting corner and has been terrible for 3 seasons.
October 15th, 2021 at 4:35 pm
Make a scene 35,
Dean has absolutely NOT been playing well since 2019. He’s terrible. His few lucky INTs don’t make up for all his PI calls, blown coverages, and terrible tackling. If the Bucs had more quality depth he would GET CUT and wouldn’t even be on this team.
October 15th, 2021 at 4:38 pm
Vernon Hargreaves > Jamel Dean
October 15th, 2021 at 4:53 pm
I’m just looking at the facts and data not opining even though I’m obviously a Dean fan
I’m not for nor against PFF but they seem to agree with me consistently
NFL corner stats etc
I’m not comparing him to Derrelle Reavis
Or Patrick Peterson, but top 20 NFL outside corner
YES
See what happens
October 15th, 2021 at 5:59 pm
Really BradyBucs? You really believe Vernon Hargraves is better than Dean? You might be be better than Hargraves, but you couldn’t wash, never mind carry, Dean’s jockstrap!
October 15th, 2021 at 6:54 pm
I’m with u Bradybucs,
Dean is outta his league. He’s nothing remotely close to being a top 20 corner. I’m sure AB has made a mockery of him in practice. Dean make plays off pure luck.
October 15th, 2021 at 7:50 pm
Dean has been improving and has looked pretty good. I think the rookie Delaney looks pretty good, good speed.
All the Sherman hate I don’t get. The guy literally came off the street and is trying to get in playing shape and learn a playbook. He’ll be great added depth and experience as the year goes on.
Some scream for a lock down corner and they don’t seem to realize that Carlton Davis is damn close to being that guy.
they’re going to have a lot of experience and serious depth as everyone gets healthy and the year goes on.
October 15th, 2021 at 8:01 pm
Hey Joes, go get your rocks off on Rachel Watson. I watched the game on a rare recording and it was weird especially at the end. The Bucs deliberately throttled themselves not to score a TD. Wonder why? I paid attention to VV and JTS. That connection is slowly developing and Bowles knows it. JPP Neds to retire before he breaks his neck.
October 15th, 2021 at 10:01 pm
Joe isn’t sure why either but he was quite happy (coughcoveredcough) they did. 🙂
October 16th, 2021 at 1:39 am
Dean has shown some crazy good instincts at times but he’s still too inconsistent. Pretty soon on.
Gotta wonder how much injuries have affected his development too.
As for Sherman, he kinda got a raw deal… Guy should have had a couple weeks to really get into shape before being asked to play full time. Didn’t he log like 90% of the defensive snaps just 3 or 4 days after being signed? That’s not setting him up for success at his age coming off an injury.
Oh well. Next man up! Time for some cologne and laney.
October 16th, 2021 at 3:22 am
Lock down corners are rarely available in the middle of October.
Besides, those guys cost tens of millions of dollars. The Bucs don’t have that. Wanting a lock down corner now is like the Bucs standing in front of the $20 blackjack table with only $5 in their wallet.
Stephan Gilmore ? 7 mill
October 16th, 2021 at 7:53 am
Dean has not been good overall, just watch the film for his time with the Bucs. Anyone who has watched this team over the last few years game in and game out has seen Deans hit and miss kind of play. The highpoint was the pick 6 against Rodgers last year, but there has been so many lows. He has plenty of speed and ability, but has played scared so much with super soft coverages, giving up first downs just by where he lines up on the field. Much like Rojo, it is not about talent, it is about what is between the ears, that is what has held Dean back, you cannot play scared. Like when is Dean going to learn to get his head around in coverage and not just go into panic mode and smother the WR before the ball gets there and get a DPI. He did that in the game thursday night again.
So to say Joe was being biased negatively about Dean is just not how Joe posted on this Blog over time.
There are a few of us that have been speaking about the secondary for a while now. I said some things in the offseason when Joe posted about the secondary, and was criticized by many. But my response was go watch each game, 1 by 1 during 2020 and watch the secondary, that they were in need of a step up. I mentioned Carlton Davis falling on the ground trying to cover Davante Adams on a long TD in the NFC Championship game as an example of not having confidence in the secondary. Now the secondary is being held together by bandages and bailing wire, man not fun to see. Thankful the offense scores enough to protect the Defense, at least 5 out of six so far. I will say it was nice to see the defense stop Philly many times. But still the end it was the Offense that erased the clock to win in Philly.
GO BUCS