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Re: Pasquarelli with some praise for our CB situation
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Originally Posted by Longtimefan
Too much emphasis is placed on what is called a "shut down corner", not many who can actually claim that title in the league. The way teams play defense now with all the many combinations of coverage's "shut down" is in many ways an overstated phrase.
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Great point. With the Cover 2 / Tampa 2 scheme GW uses, I don't think having a "shut-down" corner is as critical as having two safeties who can split the field and cover ground deep (which we now appear to have) and having veteran corners who can play solid zones, not make mistakes, and tackle, so the safeties don't need to play as much run support.
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