why do you bring up the run support? I asked a Seahawk fan like a month or two ago and they said Jennings is suprisingly good in run support for his size. i asked because im a Hurricane fan and i know hes small but hes a great player IMO and hes tough enough to go in and tackle a guy much bigger than him. its hard to say BB didnt take him because questions of run support beacuse why didnt he take Richard Marshall with first or 2nd pick?
um no i didnt want either of them over our 2 picks..someone mentioned that Jennings was on their board and i gave my input saying ..well now "hawk fans are suprised he can tackle" so maybe if u wanted him..he proved u wrong.
I liked Marshall for our "original" 2nd round pick before we traded up for Jackson, but coming out early there were questions about Marshall's tackling technique; lunging, diving, the usual, and we all know how BB feels about defenders who can't tackle consistently. The one defensive back we did take, Andrews, had problems both tackling and playing tight man coverage, of course, but the difference is he went with the 229th pick, and Marshall went with the 58th.
The last first day corner we took, Ellis Hobbs, while undersized, was praised for being technically sound playing both run and pass. Before that it was Eugene Wilson, whose tackling skills were so good for a corner he was moved to safety his second game in his rookie year. Asante Samuel, a late fourth that year, started out as a safety at UCF. Both were noted in profiles as being hitters than tacklers, which is still the rub all these years later, but by and large they were sound and that's why BB took them were he did.
If Hawk fans are pleased with Jennings' tackling it is because they are knowledgable fans with reasonable expectations. As you said, Jennings is "surprisingly good" which I translate as adequate, since when Jennings was in the game against the Chargers, Marty ran a bunch of stretch runs right at him, which was noticeable because the book against the Seahawks is to power run between the tackles, not footrace them to the corner. (Of course, LT can do anything
) He is/was a thin corner with inconsistent tackling technique and not much upper body strength; if he is not making a clown out of himself then that is what is "surprising." I'm being a little strong here but my point is Jennings has yet to prove anyone wrong about how good he is in run support; he is a promising young corner with an excellent head on his shoulders and what appears to be a marked desire to achieve in all aspects of his game, and that's all you can say fairly at this point.
