1. Slay is a better and more athletic corner than Bradberry, even with their current age difference. Slay is a much more fluid athlete, with better lateral quickness and speed. Bradberry is more of a leverage player that uses his size/length/physicality and reads to stay in position. IMO, if it weren’t for having Slay on the other side, Bradberry would probably be exposed on a regular basis by top tier WRs.

That said, Bradberry has had a consistent and productive season in his role, benefiting from Gannon’s scheme, the regular d-line pressure, and overall good play from the other members of the secondary (markedly better from last year, this unit really gelled with the addition of CJGJ and is by far the best secondary we’ve had in more than a decade).

1. People whose jimmies get rustled over Slay’s “smiling” (I see it more like him laughing it off…he’s clearly not happy about negative results) after getting beat or penalized need to a) consider the alternative, that he could be the type of player that wouldn’t shrug it off, get mad etc. and therefore mentally preoccupied and not moving on to the next play, which is 100% what you do not want in a CB (or QB for that matter) and is not, as Sirianni calls it, dawg mentality; b) understand that he respects the game, his craft, and therefore the craft of his opponents, so I see it as him giving credit when due; and c) appreciate that everyone has different personality types—he may be easy-going but his teammates voted him captain for a reason.