Pasquarelli with some praise for our CB situation

[Slingin Sammy 33]

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.

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.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

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.

I thought we were getting away from that cover two stuff.

You can distribute responsiblity to the strength of the players, but ultimately if there is a weakness in one of the CBs, a good QB will take advantage of his matchups. A great unit must have some semblance of balance.

I'm more worried about our safeties than CBs anyway. Landry will get burned a lot if forced to play as a rookie, and Taylor gets burned a lot as is. That and our DL is a recipe for disaster against good passing attacks.

I hope we do a lot more man coverage this year.

[GoSkins!]

I think that we are better off this year in that if Spings gets hurt, Smoot can play the #1 corner position if he gets a little help from the safety. Rogers is good against the #2. With Taylor slimming down, Fletcher's coverage skills, and other depth in the secondary, we should be set there. I can't see any good reason to let Springs go until next year.