Troy Hill has allowed all 12 throws in his direction to be completed so far

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Troy Hill has allowed all 12 throws in his direction to be completed so far

On the defense’s final play of last week’s win against the Eagles, Troy Hill made an impressive diving interception on an overthrow by Carson Wentz. The ball was not thrown “at” Hill, but because it was too high for the intended receiver to catch it, the important object was acquired by a surprise recipient. Two games into the season, Troy Hill has an interception.

He may also have already allowed nearly half as many completions as he did in all of 2019.
According to Pro-Football-Reference, both Wentz and Dak Prescott in Week 1 went 6-of-6 when throwing in Hill’s direction. Prescott gained 80 yards on those throws with an average depth of target of 8.2 yards, while Wentz didn’t go as deep and gained 55 yards with an ADOT of 5.5. In 14 games last season, Hill’s numbers were 26 completions allowed on 57 targets for 330 yards gained.

Hill only allowed two touchdowns by their numbers and with two interceptions added in, the “passer rating allowed” by the Rams sixth year cornerback was 61.3.

This season, those two quarterbacks have gone 12-of-12 for 135 yards and no touchdowns. The passer rating allowed is 78.8 but that’s only because PFR is including the interception that they aren’t including when they say QBs went 12-of-12. So the interception actually shouldn’t be there and in reality that passer rating allowed is 113.5.
What situations did these completions come in against Philadelphia?
  • 1st-and-10, 14 yards to Jalen Reagor*
  • 1st-and-10, 8 yards to Reagor
  • 3rd-and-4, 9 yards to DeSean Jackson*
  • 3rd-and-6, 9 yards to Jackson*
  • 1st-amd-10, 3 yards to Reagor
  • 3rd-and-10, 8 yards to Jackson
*First Down
That’s three first downs, two of which came on third down on a drive that ended with Darious Williams intercepting Wentz in the end zone.
Against the Cowboys, I could only track down these three:
It would seem that Hill has become a popular target, six throws per game. That would come out to 96 targets on the season, significantly more than Hill faced in 2019. With Jalen Ramsey on the field, Hill has to become the main point of focus for offensive coordinators, especially if Williams continues to shine.

This season, Darious Williams has allowed five completions on nine targets, allowing 68 yards, 55 of which have come in the air. Both players had impressive displays of athleticism on their interceptions, but Williams appeared to make his play happen by force of will and reading Wentz, who said after the game:
“I got pretty aggressive and tried to force one in there,” Wentz said. “[Williams] made a great play. I have to be smarter in that situation.”

If Ramsey and Williams become a fearsome cornerback duo — “become” being a loose usage of the word given how effective they’ve been since December of 2019 — then offenses will need look elsewhere. So far that elsewhere has been Hill and so far the results have worked out better for the quarterbacks than it has for the cornerback.

Facing a Bills team with Stefon Diggs, John Brown and Cole Beasley at receiver, plus some of the best depth in the league with Isaiah McKenzie and Gabe Davis, the Rams will need a full complement of competence at corner this Sunday.


 
Not surprised. Limited throws to Ramsey's side I'd expect for him and the slot CB/S to get most of the targets. I will say this, I don't recall him giving up crazy plays to the opposition and keeps the opposing WR in front of him and he's usually in good position to tackle right away. Can't complain much about that!
 
It should be noted Hill is playing a new position. He's the nickel CB this year and it's a position he's never played before according to Hill.

I've followed Hill since his Duck days. He's fiesty and has better ball skills then given credit for. Maybe the Rams viewed Hill as a good nickel because of his quality tackling in run support for a CB.

So far he's looked much more comfortable outside. Hopefully he improves as the season progresses.
 
Yeah man, I aint trippin on this stuff here. Dude has played well IMO.. when you have guys going on 5-8 yard out routs who can run away from guys... thats just the game of football. Lets see how it continues to play out. Heck, if we keep winning with this non-blitzing defense and giving up 20 pts or less, they can throw at Hill all day.
 
It's hard not to notice Hill is giving a big cushion of 8-10 yards. It's hard not to blame him covering the speedsters that way. It has to be by design to keep away from deep plays. He is there to make the tackle. On one of the out patterns, he was close to knocking the ball away. We will have to see if he moves closer to the WR to be able to make a play. It seems like offenses will keep taking advantage of the big cushions and take the easy pitch and catch.
 
Yeap, that keep it in front of you theory, is getting bigger and bigger around the NFL and has been for sometime.
 
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Hill's biggest problem is that he errs on the side of caution with those cushions he gives up. He had that on his film all through last season and it was posted up around these parts. In that last game he had nice comms going with the rest of the secondary but the space he allows is what makes him a lower depth chart dude. If he'd live a little riskier he'd be a better corner IMO.

Oh and btw his run support has been excellent. He's a tough little SOB. I like him in the slot for that reason, that and his man coverage ability. But tbh what I would like better is Long seizing that job. It's unfortunate that Long hasn't been able to push for more time.
 
The only drive I can remember him getting beaten on for plays that would have led to points was the drive that Williams had the INT.

If we're going to call anything out, I'm calling out the run d and pass rush before Hill. We barely touched Wentz. But we blew them out so it's all good
 
Hill's biggest problem is that he errs on the side of caution with those cushions he gives up. He had that on his film all through last season and it was posted up around these parts. In that last game he had nice comms going with the rest of the secondary but the space he allows is what makes him a lower depth chart dude. If he'd live a little riskier he'd be a better corner IMO.

Oh and btw his run support has been excellent. He's a tough little SOB. I like him in the slot for that reason, that and his man coverage ability. But tbh what I would like better is Long seizing that job. It's unfortunate that Long hasn't been able to push for more time.


Hill had high PFF grades last year. Maybe he'll shorten up that cushion with more experience in the slot.

Long is short. He can stick to reveivers like glue but he doesn't play the ball well. I'm not surprised he hasn't claimed a starting spot.
 
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