05-10-2018, 07:58 AM
(05-10-2018, 03:34 AM)Bilbo Saggins Wrote: You can run man coverage with two safeties playing over top and another one covering a RB/TE like a LB, can you not?Right I get that but that means u have either iloka or Williams as the te/rb coverer since Jessie bates is a center field safety type.
Perhaps Austin sees man to man as a foundational building block to what he wants to accomplish?
I like the approach, personally. If you have a guy like WJ3 and keep burning first round picks on CBs, you should be able to play different kinds of man coverage and play them well. Good press-man coverage can be tough to pull off without the right personnel, but can be absolutely brutal on an offense when it works.
(05-10-2018, 06:57 AM)treee Wrote: Couple things:
1) Not all plays are strictly man or zone. You can simultaneously have some players manned up while the rest are in a zone (and vice versa).
2) A lot of it is situational.
For example, if an offense has their WRs & TEs lining up in bunch formations, man coverage can get burned by picks and obstruction routes.
That goes for if they're spreading you out too. If an offense is spreading their WRs & TEs out, it causes the gaps in zone coverage to be wider, giving the defenders a lot more ground to cover and wider windows for the QB.
3) The only thing a 3rd safety really does in this equation is make the defense more versatile in pass D. You can run zone or man and no matter what you're gonna have more athleticism and pass coverage ability because of it. Your run D takes a hit, but it's not that bad if you have a good line and at least 1 good LB on the field.
My problem with it is u having iloka or Williams as the guys covering the te. That's why I thought we drafted Jefferson as that's the only thing he's good for right now. And yeah I get the whole zone and man kind of thing. But is wjiii gonna be a follower? Bc that's the only way it should hold up. Idk too many questions about the look of the defense right now.
