Darrick Forrest is an S out of Cincinnati. The tier model reads him as a role player — 8% elite, 22% starter.
Production Context
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “He's comfortable and steady from split zone and has a game that is also suited for playing down near the box.”
Production Context
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “Three-year starter playing with alpha vibe as run defender.”
Technique
NFL.com's Lance Zierlein: “His eagerness to jump route fakes and his lack of recovery speed are both very exploitable in man coverage, though.”
Role and scheme fit
The archetype rules read him as a hybrid-S.
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“…Forrest is an urgent player. He's willing and able to play near the line of scrimmage or flow downhill quickly in order to constrict the run lane and defend the flanks against outside runs. His eagerness to jump route fakes and his lack of recovery speed are both very exploitable in man coverage, though. He's comfortable and steady from split zone and has a game that is also suited for playing down near the box. He g…”
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