He’s an above-average cornerback, but he’s nowhere near elite and is much better off being a No. 2 cornerback on a team

Steelers Film Room: Joe Haden might not be what he once was http://www.steelerscheapauthenticstore.com/chris-boswell-jersey-cheap , but he is worth every penny Let me be brutally honest about Joe Haden. Thus, I don’t find it particularly comforting he is, by far, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ best cornerback. He has his lapses, and they happened more often on Sunday night than they usually do versus the Ravens. But while not having a great game, Haden also showcased why he’s so valuable to the team. He has by far the best ball skills of all the cornerbacks, and he continues to show how you can justify paying him 27 million dollars. If you want to see why he deserves every penny he gets to play for Pittsburgh, look no further than this:Haden is not as fast as he once was — injuries having no doubt taken their toll on him — but you just don’t see plays like this by an average corner. He lets Brown get the inside track and then tracks the ball so well. This is what we call a trail technique and it takes ball skills more than anything. Haden was playing this deep-route all game and didn’t only make one play like it. The dive here and then the hand usage to knock it out are textbook on trail technique. This is a great play no doubt, but he made an even better play on one earlier. Mike Tomlin has repeatedly talked about not giving up inside or outside leverage in the secondary. Joe Haden gives him a prime example to show everyone in the film session. He is physical up front with his hands and bumps Brown before he goes inside and thus takes him off his route. He keeps his hips square and tracks Brown the whole way, even out of the break. The best part of this is how he tracks the ball and easily bats it down as it approaches. This speaks volumes about his ability to track the ball in general. He gets a bit grabby, but still a great play by Joe Haden. Unfortunately, Haden then fell victim to the scheming of Keith Butler. Butler has some of the weirdest scheming assignments in the NFL. Why Haden is playing so far off and playing the out route so hard is odd. It does allow him to run his trail technique on a post, but he still gives up any inside route. Jon Bostic deserves some blame here because he blatantly bites on the fake, but even then, the scheming of this play is giving up an easy slant every time. In makes no sense to make this play call. I have no idea what Vince Williams is doing, but it is possible he had a zone and this is why Brown gets so wide open, but no doubt about it, this is a schematic mess. As for Haden himself, he did have a few rough plays. For one, he and Cameron Sutton had a terrible miscommunication you have to blame on Keith Butler. This has been a rampant issue and all parties involved endure the blame for this folly. If the correct assignment is followed by either Sutton or Haden, then this likely does not become an easy touchdown. However, even if you are Joe Haden or Cam Sutton http://www.steelerscheapauthenticstore.com/vince-williams-jersey-cheap , you simply cannot watch the receiver run right by you. You can at least mirror him and follow. Regardless, though, that is a horrible miscommunication. As for the one truly terrible play by Haden, here it is courtesy of Michael Crabtree.Oh yeah, Haden fell straight for the stop n’ go route. He clearly thought it was going to be a hitch and just fell asleep. The double move by Crabtree was pretty swift, but Haden has to be more disciplined and read the play, because if Flacco hits the throw on the money Crabtree is going to walk into the endzone for a touchdown. Haden is easily the best cornerback on the team right now, and maybe the best member of the secondary depending on how you view Sean Davis. As for what we get instead of him, we get this mess.It might not be in coverage, but what an absolutely terrible tackling attempt by Cameron Sutton. I have no words for how bad that is. He just simply slides in with no regard for actually tackling Buck Allen. Before this, Bud Dupree simply whiffs and Vince Williams does as well. This team simply cannot tackle at all. So, no matter how you view Haden, you better believe there is no cornerback even close to him right now on the roster. He has his lapses, but largely, he is worth every penny he is getting paid right now.Steelers 2018 season betting preview With still five days to go until the start of the 2018 season for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the betting lines continue to change as we get closer to the first game of the year. Thanks to changes in U.Sgambling laws that have made sports betting legal in a number of states, many fans will have better access to sportsbooks across the country this year, and the range of options for betting has increased significantly this offseason with some online providers.As of Monday, most bookmakers generally have the Steelers listed as the third favorite to win Super Bowl LIII at odds ranging from 8/1 to 12/1, depending upon where you look. The New England Patriots are the favorites, priced between 4/1 and 6/1, with the Philadelphia Eagles second favorites at 7/1 to 10/1, and the Green Bay Packers are fourth in the betting at between 9/1 and 15/1.With the exception of the few times the Steelers have actually managed to go undefeated during the early stages of the year and then played convincingly over the course of the season Youth Joe Haden Jersey , rarely have you not been able to find better odds on Pittsburgh to win the Super Bowl after the start of the season. While the first four games of the year do not look especially challenging on paper, divisional games can be tricky, and anyone looking to back the Steelers to win their seventh championship in 2018 might be better served waiting a few weeks to place their bets in hopes of a bigger price. Second favorites to win the AFC at a best price of 9/2, only New England (2/1) has shorter odds. Unsurprisingly, they are significant favorites to win the AFC North at around 1/3 (-330), with the Baltimore Ravens listed at 7/2, the Cincinnati Bengals around 10/1 and the Cleveland Browns around 14/1.In practical terms, greater profits can be earned on an AFC Championship victory by simply betting on the Steelers to win each of their playoff games than waiting all year to collect on a 9/2 futures bet, and this is one to avoid until the price has drifted significantly. An AFC North title bet only has value for those looking to do parlays, and even then the price might be too skinny to warrant the risk. Oddsmakers have set the Steelers line for regular season wins at 10.5 this season, with the under currently the slight favorite with most sportsbooks. If you fancy Pittsburgh to have a strong year, beating 10 wins seems like an achievable target. Certainly a good play for big singles bettors or an addition to a futures parlay.The range of proposition bets available is too long to list them all individually here, but some of the more popular markets include league MVP, passing and rushing leaders and several individual season player performance bets.Ben Roethlisberger can be backed at a price of 30/1 to win the league MVP title, although Antonio Brown is actually better value as more realistic candidate for the award at 40/1. If you liked the look of James Washington in preseason, you can bet on him to win offensive rookie of the year at 60/1.Fifth favorite among starting quarterbacks to throw for the the most yards this season, Roethlisberger can be backed at a price of 10/1 for anyone who fancies a big year from No.7. Antonio Brown is the obvious favorite to lead the league in receiving at 3/1, while JuJu Smith-Schuster can be backed at 150/1 for anyone optimistic 2018 will be “lit”. Le’Veon Bell is second favorite to claim the rushing title at 4/1 behind Ezekiel Elliott at just under 3/1. At 125/1 to lead the NFL in sacks, T.J. Watt is a great value bet for anyone expecting big things from the young outside linebacker this season and Chris Boswell is well priced to lead all kickers in points at 10/1. It would seem the bookmakers don’t have too much faith in an especially memorable season for Mike Tomlin after listing him as the 18th favorite to be named coach of the year at around 22/1 and the Steelers are 3/1 to miss the playoff altogether. With some of these markets set to close when first game of the year kicks off between the Philadelphia Eagles and Atlanta Falcons, you will need to gets your bets on before Thursday if you want to grab a few of these prices.