06-13-2024, 02:15 PM
(06-12-2024, 11:29 PM)BengalsBong Wrote: This is going off track from the original post that I posted, but this is what we had an issue with last year. We expected Dax to learn a new position since he was not a free safety in college and be responsible for calling plays as well. Him and Battle should have just been asked to play their spots last year and left the play calling to the LB that have been in the system 3 or 4 years. The play calling should have been Pratt and Logans job.
Not saying Dax would have excelled at FS but at least he would have stood a chance. We tend to try to fit square pegs in round holes around here player management and development has been an issue here for some time.
The safety has to set the secondary coverage, a LB can't make that coverage adjustment. Usually what happens is the LB will make a call and signal it around then each area makes their checks based off that.
They are taught rules to follow but knowing when to apply those rules to make the adjustments falls on the safety in game. So when you hear miscommunication issues and busted coverages, usually what happens is a safety made the wrong check or they made a check and the CB didn't hear it so they were playing two different coverages.
