Who stood out in tonight's game?

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Agreed about Johnson. I kept thinking to myself "This is what the Rams got for $14 million?".

Originally Posted by staylor26

Yea I think it was overlooked who he was going up against because Johnson isn't a relatively big name (at least for a Franchise player), but that was a good matchup for us to get an idea of what to expect from Conley.

Yes and no.

You like Conley going up against a good CB sure. But Johnson's a fine skills matchup for Conley.

Johnson's a big, physical corner just like Smith. He's a guy that wants to get into your body and use length and strength to neutralize you. He's also a very very good situational CB; extremely smart, positionally sound player. He's not going to take a lot of risks, he's not going to make a lot of amazing plays. he's a damn sound player who's going to be where he's supposed to be most times.

What he isn't, however, is a premium athlete. So when you match Conley up on him, he's going to do a nice job of reading Conley's routes but he isn't quite athletic enough to drive in front of them. And since Conley is such a long, relatively strong WR, Johnson will have trouble knocking him off or coming through him to make a play on the ball.

You'd rather see Conley succeed than fail, for sure. But I think Conley's weaknesses match up nicely against Johnson in that Johnson's strengths aren't exactly going to expose them.