When Dunte and Faggins were in together at the beginning of last year, what I saw was that the QB rarely threw at Dunte and when he did, Dunte usually made the play. The QB threw at Faggins way more often and Petey looked terrible. He either got beat or he played so far off his man that the reception was a forgone conclusion.
That's why I wasn't surprised when our defense didn't really seem to miss the loss of Dunte very much. It was almost like his talent was being wasted. In my opinion, having a very weak corner is one of the very worst problems a defense can have. It gives the offense a play they can go back to over and over. An automatic.
Even though neither Reeves or Bennett are as good as Dunte, as a duo I would rate them ahead of the Dunte/Faggins duo. And when we get Dunte back, things should be even better.
Now if we can just get a decent pass rush out of our front four, we could be pretty salty against the pass.
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