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Film Breakdown: Bashaud Breeland's Development | Part II: Big Plays + Run Defense

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In my latest video breakdown on YouTube, I took a look at Bashaud Breeland's development in his second season in the NFL with the Redskins. Breeland went from a hit-or-miss rookie season, capped off with a great performance midway through the year against the Cowboys, to a stud CB ranked #13 by PFF.

 

This is Part II of this two part series. Part I goes over his strengths and weaknesses in coverage, while Part II goes over some of his big plays and his run defense ability (which PFF ranked him as #1 for all CBs).

 

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Breeland's tackle on Doug Martin is going to go down as one of the most impactful plays in franchise history. We certainly lose that game if Martin scores the TD, and anyone following the team last year knows that losing that game would have prompted some changes in the organization. It would have been KC's last game and Gruden probably finishes the year as a lame duck coach. Instead we get "You Like That" trademarked and a division championship. If it ends there it will still be one of the highlights of this decade and if we continue to improve it will become the moment when everything changed. Between that and his incredible game against Dez Bryant in his rookie year, his jersey has already earned a spot in my Redskins man cave.

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Really impressive stuff hammer!

 

Very cool that we have two of the top 13 CBs in the league... I don't have a pff subscription, so can you tell me where Norman was ranked? 

 

 

Here are the PFF rankings for both Norman and Breeland"

 

Norman - Pass Def - 4th - Run Def - 42nd - Overall 11th

Breeland - Pass Def - 27th - Run Def - 2nd - Overall 21st

 

I eliminated anyone with less than 300 pass snaps. Totally arbitrary but had to draw the line somewhere. BTW: They have Tyrann Mathieu as #1 in Rush D. I pulled these straight from PFF. Still very good.

 

I am not worried about Norman's Run D. That's not why he is being brought here. Also, Breeland's Pass Coverage was probably a bit inflated since most of the season he literally had no one on the other side. These two should be great compliments!

 

For the first time in maybe a decade I can say I like the way our secondary it looking.

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I am seeing a lot of norman talk on the big network channels and yet they fail to mention Breeland. They are different types of corners but both are very effective. I'm interested to see how the chemistry between them develops. We needed help in the dB department but not because of Breeland. He was the best we had. After that we didn't have much. Josh Norman was a luxury we had to go after. Analyst keep building up the Norman vs talk but Breeland isn't anyone to be writing off. Ask Dez bryant.

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I am seeing a lot of norman talk on the big network channels and yet they fail to mention Breeland. They are different types of corners but both are very effective. I'm interested to see how the chemistry between them develops. We needed help in the dB department but not because of Breeland. He was the best we had. After that we didn't have much. Josh Norman was a luxury we had to go after. Analyst keep building up the Norman vs talk but Breeland isn't anyone to be writing off. Ask Dez bryant.

 

 

I have been making that point in places like nfl.com where all people keep saying is norman will have to line up against XXX all the time. Shows a complete lack of knowledge of our team.  In 3 gms where Breeland played and Dez played, Dez has 11 catches for 191 yds. The yds are mostly due to a 65 yd catch. Dez does have 3 Tds but not all were against breeland. In general breeland has held him in check.

 

 

Is Breeland able to receive extension in this league year?? It would be nice to get him taken care of early and maybe save some cash in long run by giving some money now.

 

Breeland is in the 3rd yr of a 4 yr contract. If he continues to play well this year, it's likely they would look to extend him next offseason. But with two years left it's highly unlikely they will look to extend him now. My question is will the Skins be able to afford him. They set the market on CBs with the Norman contract. Can they afford to pay 2 CBs big money? It could be interesting.

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Here are the PFF rankings for both Norman and Breeland"

 

Norman - Pass Def - 4th - Run Def - 42nd - Overall 11th

Breeland - Pass Def - 27th - Run Def - 2nd - Overall 21st

 

Thanks Go. Question- why is your ranking for Breeland #21 while hammer's is #13?

 

In relation to your other point about Breeland being expensive to re-sign, that's a worry I have as well. I believe that's why McClu grabbed Fuller. I'd hate to lose the home grown guy, but if Dunbar and Phillips continue on their upswing and Fuller plays how we believe he will, then the thought of losing Breeland after the 2017 season won't be as painful as it is right now.

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Thanks Go. Question- why is your ranking for Breeland #21 while hammer's is #13?

 

In relation to your other point about Breeland being expensive to re-sign, that's a worry I have as well. I believe that's why McClu grabbed Fuller. I'd hate to lose the home grown guy, but if Dunbar and Phillips continue on their upswing and Fuller plays how we believe he will, then the thought of losing Breeland after the 2017 season won't be as painful as it is right now.

 

 

Not sure why the rankings are different. I can promise you I took the data straight from PFF. I looked several times and even exported the data to excel to be able to better manipulate since hammer had him at 13. But in PFF it shows him at 21 overall. Not a lot of difference but does seem odd.  Hammer? Thoughts? 

 

You could be right about Fuller. They may have had him targeted even before signing Norman since it was clear we needed someone on the other side. Now Fuller gives them flexibility if breeland sees his value as much higher than the Skins do. I really hope not. I like keeping the homegrown guys. Probably depends more on performance. They can get out of Normans contract in 2 yrs with a minimal dead cap hit. So the FO will definitely have choices.

 

So this is what it feels like to have a real FO!! It's been too long!!

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Not sure why the rankings are different. I can promise you I took the data straight from PFF. I looked several times and even exported the data to excel to be able to better manipulate since hammer had him at 13. But in PFF it shows him at 21 overall. Not a lot of difference but does seem odd. Hammer? Thoughts?

You mentioned above you eliminated anyone with less than 300 snaps. Maybe he drew a different line?
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You mentioned above you eliminated anyone with less than 300 snaps. Maybe he drew a different line?

 

 

Actually I did not filter for overall. Just took the pure PFF ranking. But had I filtered it, there were only 2 players in the top 25 overall with less than 500 snaps. I doubt that's the issue.

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You mentioned Tyrann in your list so it looks like you filtered for DB's. Remove him and it lines up with hammer's stat about being the #1 run CB. If there are 7 other safeties in your list that would bump Breeland up to #13 among CB's.

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You mentioned Tyrann in your list so it looks like you filtered for DB's. Remove him and it lines up with hammer's stat about being the #1 run CB. If there are 7 other safeties in your list that would bump Breeland up to #13 among CB's.

 

 

There is no DB filter. Its S or CB. I picked CB. Tyrann is a hybrid so is considered a CB. So he is included on all CB lists in PFF since he played CB as much or more than S. NFL.com put out a list of best CB duos and Tyrann was listed with Patrick Peterson. But to answer your question, I filtered for CBs. That's the only filter there is on PFF. Tyrann is listed with the CBs. As for the overall list, all 20 ahead of him are pure CBs. No Ss. Again, there is no DB option.

 

You know it's just possible my list is actually right, since I took it directly from PFF. Anyone else with PFF care to look it up and confirm? If I did something I am willing to own it. But I am reasonably certain I know how to click CB then count the guys ahead of Breeland. :)

 

Hammer? You out there? How did you arrive at 13 for Breeland? Since my list shows him lower everyone assumes my list is incorrect, that I somehow did something "wrong". Care to shed some light?

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Hammer? You out there? How did you arrive at 13 for Breeland? Since my list shows him lower everyone assumes my list is incorrect, that I somehow did something "wrong". Care to shed some light?

 

Buddy no one's assuming you're incorrect, we're just hoping you are... We'd obviously rather see Breeland at #13 than #21. No big deal, was just curious. The bottom line is we are top tier in the CB department and that is a beautiful thing.

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Buddy no one's assuming you're incorrect, we're just hoping you are... We'd obviously rather see Breeland at #13 than #21. No big deal, was just curious. The bottom line is we are top tier in the CB department and that is a beautiful thing.

 

 

I put the smiley face hoping people would see I was mostly kidding. Also, you only asked why it was different. It's a fair question. I would like to know too.

 

And yes, to me the best thing is we are having a conversation about how good our DBs can be and actually looking forward to the season as opposed to dreading the inevitable shredding we all know we are getting. DB has gone from major weakness to potentially a strong point.

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Here are the PFF rankings for both Norman and Breeland"

 

Norman - Pass Def - 4th - Run Def - 42nd - Overall 11th

Breeland - Pass Def - 27th - Run Def - 2nd - Overall 21st

 

I eliminated anyone with less than 300 pass snaps. Totally arbitrary but had to draw the line somewhere. BTW: They have Tyrann Mathieu as #1 in Rush D. I pulled these straight from PFF. Still very good.

 

I am not worried about Norman's Run D. That's not why he is being brought here. Also, Breeland's Pass Coverage was probably a bit inflated since most of the season he literally had no one on the other side. These two should be great compliments!

 

For the first time in maybe a decade I can say I like the way our secondary it looking.

 

Given the pass-happy league the NFL is today, I don't know if it even makes sense any more to rate CBs for their run defense.  Also, is this PFF the same outfit that ranked the Eagles as the 5th best roster for 2016?  If so, there is not a lot of credibility there.

 

To me, the Skins' tandem of starting corners may now be the best in the NFL, and the backups aren't shabby either.  In a short 2 years, CB has been transformed from an area of desperate need to be a position of strength.  Given how McCloughan likes to extend and keep homegrown products, I think he will do everything possible to keep Breeland.

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