CB Anthony Averett:
There was some hope Averett could make a similar second-year jump like Marlon Humphrey. After showing some promise in his rookie campaign, Averett got the chance to show what he was capable of after Jimmy Smith and Tavon Young went down with injuries. However, it wasn’t pretty.
While Humphrey had a career year, Averett was picked on frequently when in the lineup. He played a grand total of 220 defensive snaps last season but allowed 51 receptions on 36 targets for 277 yards and a touchdown.
Averett was given a chance to start in Week 2 but had that taken from him the very next game. After playing 101 defensive snaps in the first two weeks, Averett ended up being a healthy scratch for a bunch of games and got a combined 176 defensive snaps over the other seven games he was active for.
While there’s no saying Averett won’t improve and turn into a really good player, he had a pretty bad slide from his first to second years in the NFL.