Tyrique Stevenson's late-season surge lifted him out of the ranks of struggling cornerbacks even if it hasn't been completely acknowledged.
Tyrique Stevenson is a great deal like the baseball batter who goes 0-for-90, then figures something out and finishes his season 10-for-10.
Stevenson is labeled one of the most targeted cornerbacks in the league in a Pro Football Focus article by Mason Cameron, and this was true.PFF's grading system always leaves players too heavily entrenched if they have a bad start and the final grades almost always fail to reflect big surges players make. Stevenson definitely made one.
Stevenson finished on fire. He had four interceptions in the last six games. Not only did Stevenson finish with those interceptions, but in his last seven games he only gave up two of the nine TD passes.What also must be remembered about that finish was half of the games came with Johnson not playing opposite Stevenson. The Bears All-Pro suffered a season-ending finger injury and missed the final three games. And Stevenson kept on improving anyway.
Bears coach Matt Eberflus saw the improvement as partly the result of how veterans kept Stevenson focused during the rough start and also the coaching staff's willingness to play rookies. Coaches have had no problem doing this throughout the first two seasons, although they pretty much had to do it when their roster was so weak in Year 1.
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