Has the league figured out the cover 2?

[Schneed10]

The other thing, with more and more extremely athletic TEs coming into the league, teams have more weapons with which to attack the middle of a cover 2. You've got that slot WR, and you've got your speedy TE. Unless you want to go with 6 DBs, you have to either break away from the Cover 2 or allow a LB to cover the speedy TE. None of the options are good. You bring in 6 DBs, they're going to audible to a run. You break out of the cover 2 and go with man, it makes it very tough to cover everyone because of the enforcement of the illegal contact rules. And if you allow a LB to cover an Antonio Gates, and well, you're in trouble.

That one part that I put in italics represents an opportunity. If you have the CBs, you can hold up against great WRs even when faced with the illegal contact rules. But those CBs are getting harder to find.

I hope GW will come to a lot of these conclusions and realize he needs that DT and CB we keep talking about on these boards. I think he already realizes that he needs improvement at SS, sure would explain why Archuleta is on the bench.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

The other thing, with more and more extremely athletic TEs coming into the league, teams have more weapons with which to attack the middle of a cover 2.

I was thinking about this the other day -- it seems that more and more teams are going after not just one, but two athletic, pass catching tight ends:

Dallas already had Jason Witten, then drafted Anthony Fasano.

Indy had Dallas Clark, then went out and got Ben Utecht.

New England has two of the best with Daniel Graham and Ben Watson.

Those are probably not enough examples to suggest a "trend", but I wonder if it's headed that way.