I'd have to look through past games to give you exact examples--I'd have to find some time for that. My family's seats are in the end zone, so I usually get a good perspective on that kind or stuff. When he transitions into his bail, he tends to lose the receiver. He gives too much lateral cushion because he still hasn't figured out how to properly lean on receivers after taking his inside leverage zone turn. Qbs are able to throw over him very easily. His lack of height, length, and leaping ability don't help either.
Whether he's playing as an outside quarter in a quarter/quarter/half look or as an outside 1/3 in a cover 3 look, he has the responsibility of playing the two vertical routes from the
#1 (with help from the sideline) and
#2 receivers (with help from the inside quarter [or deep middle 1/3] player). A lot of times he gets a vertical release from just the
#1 receiver (and not
#2 ) and he doesn't adjust his bail. He stays respecting the inside vertical route from
#2 that isn't even there. Sometimes he just can't recover back to the
#1 receiver after properly respecting a vertical from
#2 .
He looks out of sorts way too often. A guy like Corn Elder, who is smaller than him, plays those situations much better because he is so decisive, has great ball skills, and leaping ability. He's just better. Artie play those situations the best, IMO. He's perfectly built as a deep zone player.
