As far as linebacker-wide receiver mismatches are concerned, Kenny Stills vs. Jatavis Brown wasn’t, at least on paper, completely one-sided.
Yes, Stills is faster, but not by all that much — at least when it comes to running on a straight line. Less than a tenth of a second separated their 40-yard dash times pre-draft.
And Brown was exactly where he was supposed to be when Stills lined up in the slot and raced into his coverage area less than three minutes into the third quarter Sunday.
And yet, it didn’t matter.
Jay Cutler, on the run, made the perfect throw.