Derek Stingley Jr. Houston Texans, came into his own last season, was finally healthy and earned the first team All-PRO and Pro Bowl.
The sticky corner is the prototype corner with hydraulic hips, speed to make up the ground, strength to fight against larger players and smarts to understand the lead tree broad. He has also sticky hands, which have led to 11 shutters in three periods.
That item was underlined when Demeco Ryans was asked about a corner he has seen with his hands as good as Stingley. Texans coach probably stated the best to play the score.
“Oh, this is a great question. Derek definitely has some of the best hands I’ve seen,” said Ryan. “From the corner point of view, you can throw in a coach Prime [Deion Sanders]Some great hands too. But, Derek, he is a unique player. He is very talented, very talented. What I am most encouraged is, since I first came here, to see where Stingley has grown and what he has become, it is very influential to watch, see the growth of a player, his development. For him to be at the top of his craft, at the top of the game as a corner kick, as he has done outstanding jobs. “
Being compared to some part of the Sanders game is a lot of praise. Ryans did not suggest that Stingley Jr. should take an offensive representative like Prime once did.
Stingley allowed few meters per target (4.9) and the lowest score (56.9) as the next defender in coverage among CBS in 2024, at the next gene statistics (at least 25 goals). He leads NFL with 31 past defense since 2023. Stingley is the only player with 10+ ints and 25+ past defense since 2023.
Stingley’s improvements come from being healthy after injury, he cost 14 games during his first two seasons and from competing with Nico Collins during practice daily.
“With Nico and Stingley, what I see are two guys who compete every day,” Ryans said of his two best players. “It’s easy, when you are some of the best players, to take down and go a little easy. These guys, constantly, they are going to it. When I talk about sharpening iron, it’s not just a cliché, but they certainly want to be better and they are. that they were able to say that they were capable of being able to do so that they were capable of being able to discuss that they were capable of being able to do so.