I did see him get burned at least once vs. Kentucky, but generally Thompson has been solid IMO. He did get moved to Safety this year, maybe he is less effective there, but he has made some great hits behind the lines and causes at least one, if not two, fumbles, and I think he has a pick or two also. He has been playing pretty well IMO. Hopefully whatever you saw was an anomaly. But he actually had a nice pass breakup in the first half.
Disagree
In the two home games I have attended I have watched the entire secondary, including Thompson, not cover anybody greater that 80% of the time.
Often, you will see the 2 corners initially lineup in press, then drop off 1-+ yards (understand the reasoning most times here) then watch the corner reaction times be measured by a sun dial
Often times there are up to 10 yards vertically and laterally between the receiver and the corner.
I have watched time after time the corner hips be so slow the receiver is 10+ yards pat them before they get turned in pursuit
I have seen the Star look like he is in quicksand on the slants time after time
Want to watch how a slant i supposed to be played?
Go back to the GA game several years ago, the game we spotted them a 24-7 lead in Athens before blowing them out (they STILL haven't covered Brett Smith). Wade (a converted WR) conducted a clinic on how to cover the slant, including a pick that set up a TD in the 3rd quarter
To use an analogy:
The receiver is the road runner and our corner is the coyote. The corner hears BEEP BEEP, as the receiver blows by him, the corner goes to the store and buys the ACME book of corner skills and while reading it he trips over a blade of grass and face plants while the receiver scores and goes BEEP BEEP!!
And yes, I fee the two noon games should have been morning games as the secondary all too often looked like a cartoon!