Max Hairston reps against Carolina

[HappyDays]

I posted these in the injury thread but thought they deserved their own thread:

 

1st video is his textbook tackle on the screen. Quick recognition of the play, the athletic ability to immediately transition and trigger downhill, perfect technique for a smaller CB to lay a hit stick. He knocked that receiver out of the game.

 

2nd video is a few man coverage reps. He locks down his WR on all of them. Has the natural speed to stay in the hip pocket while running across the field and the awareness to run the route for his WR on a couple of these. Seems to have a really good feel for when to play inside or outside leverage.

 

3rd video is one zone coverage rep (Hairston is at the bottom of the screen). He shows great eyes and awareness on this one. Confirms the flat route is bottled up, feels the crossing route coming in his direction and gets in position to cap it, then gets his eyes to the backline and looks ready to explode to the WR coming open late in the play.

 

I don't want to over-hype a player based off of 12 reps but this is some really advanced stuff for a rookie in his 1st game. Hopefully the coaching staff saw enough to make him the full time starter opposite of Benford. We'll need him versus KC's speedy WRs.

 

Edited 2 hours ago by HappyDays

[gonzo1105]

I always thought he was a player. Had him rated highly and was in my we need to get faster and more athletic in the secondary talk. The biggest thing we have to worry about with him I think is staying healthy. Missed time at Kentucky and now half his rookie year here almost 

[BuffaloBillyG]

He looked very solid and competent, especially for a young guy that missed so much time. I expect him to take some lumps next week. And that's fine. Keep getting him snaps and experience leading to the post season. Hopefully, he makes Tre Obsolete soon.

[HappyDays]

3 minutes ago, gonzo1105 said:

I always thought he was a player. Had him rated highly and was in my we need to get faster and more athletic in the secondary talk. The biggest thing we have to worry about with him I think is staying healthy. Missed time at Kentucky and now half his rookie year here almost 

 

Yeah I really liked him. The easy speed and transition ability made him a great fit for our zone heavy defense. Honestly my biggest concern was how he would hold up in man but in this game at least he was lights out. Love his energy out there too.

[RobbRiddick]

He better not pick off Mahomes next week and take it back to the house, that's supposed to happen in the playoffs 

[Ethan in Cleveland]

McDermott has said he doesn't like to rotate guys. When Milano came back last year he played 100% of the snaps even though Williams had played all year to that point. 

Will be interesting who starts and when Hairston plays the entire game. 

Im ready for 100% of the snaps for Hairston and White sits. 

[Dan Darragh]

25 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

1st video is his textbook tackle on the screen. Quick recognition of the play, the athletic ability to immediately transition and trigger downhill, perfect technique for a smaller CB to lay a hit stick. He knocked that receiver out of the game.

I thought he was going to get flagged for taunting on this one.  not that I mind taunting, I think it's great, but the 15 yards on his first NFL tackle would have been unfortunate.

[bmur66]

17 minutes ago, RobbRiddick said:

He better not pick off Mahomes next week and take it back to the house, that's supposed to happen in the playoffs 

It has been prophesized.

[billsfan89]

15 minutes ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

McDermott has said he doesn't like to rotate guys. When Milano came back last year he played 100% of the snaps even though Williams had played all year to that point. 

Will be interesting who starts and when Hairston plays the entire game. 

Im ready for 100% of the snaps for Hairston and White sits. 

White was most effective last season with the Ravens when he was a CB playing limited snaps. I’m hoping Hairston and Benford can stay healthy and anchor the outside while Taron and Tre split slot snaps 60/40 and Tre also plays a little in dime packages. 
 

That’s my hope at least to get some positive production out of Tre

[Alphadawg7]

15 minutes ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

McDermott has said he doesn't like to rotate guys. When Milano came back last year he played 100% of the snaps even though Williams had played all year to that point. 

Will be interesting who starts and when Hairston plays the entire game. 

Im ready for 100% of the snaps for Hairston and White sits. 

 

Honestly, once Max shows he is ready for all the snaps, then in practice if I was McD, I would experiment with getting Bishop some reps as SS and trying Tre on some reps at FS.  

 

Im not delusional, this isnt Madden where you just plug him in there and poof Tre is a FS.  But, plenty of talented CB's have made a successful transition to S late in their careers where there explosion has waned but still have good instincts and ball skills.  Tre has that, he has the IQ, etc to potentially make a successful transition.  I am not saying just move him, but why not try and get him some reps in practice and see how it goes, could be a better combo come playoff time. 

[Mat68]

Once his gas tank/conditioning is dialed in he needs to be on the field.  Too smooth and sticky to have him on the bench.  

[stevewin]

53 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

1st video is his textbook tackle on the screen. Quick recognition of the play, the athletic ability to immediately transition and trigger downhill, perfect technique for a smaller CB to lay a hit stick. He knocked that receiver out of the game.

This is in direct contrast to Taron who on one play had a similar shot at someone coming around the edge and instead of attacking with a clear shot at the ball carrier behind the LOS, he moved forward then hesitated, then actually moved backward as the carrier moved toward him.  7 yard gain for a play that should have been a tackle behind the LOS

 

Another thing that jumps with Hairston is he has tons of positive energy 

[gobills404]

He’ll be CB1 before too long

[Captain Hindsight]

Kaiir Elam tripped while watching this 

[RyanC883]

Looks like a great player.  Hopefully avoids the oft-injured player label that so many key players on our D  acquire.  

[gonzo1105]

19 minutes ago, Captain Hindsight said:

Kaiir Elam tripped while watching this 

I have Sutton on my fantasy team and was hoping he would eat against Elam unfortunately for me, the Cowboys have another kid who is worse than Elam that Troy Franklin torched all day 

[Don Otreply]

52 minutes ago, bmur66 said:

It has been prophesized.

And so it shall be, 

[gobills404]

I’ve seen multiple tweets now saying he wasn’t targeted but it looks like he was targeted in the 2nd tweet. Does the flag on Poyer nullify it in the stat sheet?

[34-78-83]

1 hour ago, gonzo1105 said:

I always thought he was a player. Had him rated highly and was in my we need to get faster and more athletic in the secondary talk. The biggest thing we have to worry about with him I think is staying healthy. Missed time at Kentucky and now half his rookie year here almost 

Wasn't the missed time at Kentucky due to like an infection even?

[Don Otreply]

4 minutes ago, 34-78-83 said:

Wasn't the missed time at Kentucky due to like an infection even?

Yes, I read about that a while back,