Touchy Subject....How is Derwin James "Elite"?

[ChargersPowderBlue]

LOL...one skill. He sucks at safety coverage help. Please bring up a video of the last time he made a big play in the secondary. Maybe last year at Indy. The guy is basically an undersized linebacker. Maybe a better coach could bring some elite traits out of him, but on this team he is not even close to being worth his pay.

Is it too much for fans to expect the highest paid safety in the game to be a playmaker, to make plays that change a game? Like that INT on Carr in 2021. Is that too much to expect?

I like Derwin but struggling to think of a time he has ALTERED a game outside of his rookie year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSCMpyaNyX4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xQfHFpCVjY

[HerbieParadigm]

He either plays centerfield seeing things in front of him like Ed Reed or lives at the LOS w/aggressive hands on receiver. And the occasional blitz.

[Velo]

The Chargers are stuck with Derwin due to the contract they gave him last year. Maybe the thing to do is bench him for a game, make him inactive next week against the Packers. Maybe that will be a wake up call for him. I don't know.

https://youtube.com/shorts/Nnib0Is-AGI?si=R7PuHs5OutqA62Xd

[BigBad]

So I'm right about Derwin but not about Keenan? Got it.

Again ALWAYS get rid of guys a tad early instead of too late. May be wrong a few times but it will work out in the long run.

[BigBad]

Derwin bites on everything

[northerner]

Derwin "personal foul" James

[NoMoreChillies]

Derwin bites on everything

almost like he is trying too hard to do it all

[Boltgang74]

Match Derwin up with a real,solid,DC and he will flourish.

[Topcat]

The Chargers are stuck with Derwin due to the contract they gave him last year. Maybe the thing to do is bench him for a game, make him inactive next week against the Packers. Maybe that will be a wake up call for him. I don't know.

https://youtube.com/shorts/Nnib0Is-A...PuHs5OutqA62Xd

Derwin was covering underneath, but where was the deep safety help on that play?

[Lefty2SLO]

Derwin was covering underneath, but where was the deep safety help on that play?

Gilman got caught looking in the backfield and was late picking up the crosser

EDIT - or else Gilman was expecting James to man the deep half of his (Derwin's) side of the field but Derwin erroneously jumped the up route . . . . . . .

Regardless - 4 receivers, 8 defenders in coverage, and the guy is open by at least 5 YARDS . . . . . . . . how can that happen?

[NoMoreChillies]

maybe the problem is both Derwin and Gilman play similar styles. Both are better in the box safties than cover guys, so Chargers dont have that deep ball hawking cover safety.

[Topcat]

maybe the problem is both Derwin and Gilman play similar styles. Both are better in the box safties than cover guys, so Chargers dont have that deep ball hawking cover safety.

The Bolts knew Gilman was a better strong safety when they drafted him...then they tried to turn him into a FS...and Gilman just doesn't have the speed to cover those fast wideouts deep...Bolts need not only a good CB, but a good FS in the next draft...in fact, they need TWO corners and TWO free safeties...sigh...