01-21-2017, 04:01 PM
(01-20-2017, 11:54 PM)Burma Wrote: I forgot all about Drafttek. Haven't looked at them in a long time. Not sure how to weigh their opinion though. The guy who wrote that scouting report for Foster is a bartender taking some management classes. Have to start somewhere though.
We can contrast the bartenders "Coverage will never be a strength" statement with Nationalfootballposts.com breakdown done by former nfl scouts and the people they have trained..
I will tend to err on the side of qualified and trained NFL scouts, than a new guy taking some classes to become a sports writer.
CBS, though, I missed that line. I read under his Strengths "Foster keeps his eyes locked onto the quarterback when in coverage, breaking quickly as the pass is released, often initiating contact with the intended receiver just as the ball arrives.". I missed that they qualified it as a weakness "Savvy" QBs could exploit. I think you can say that about most players though, I would imagine.
At this point we are splitting hairs. Nate claimed Foster was bad in coverage and stared down QBs far too often. Nothing we have seen by non random guys on the internet says he is bad in coverage and in fact say the opposite. As to him staring down QBs, 1 pro site says it's a strength that "can" be taken advantage of by certain QBs and one random guy says it "sometimes" happens. Not exactly "Far too often"
I guess saying Foster is BAD in coverage is an overstatement by me for sure.
But losing his receivers is pretty much the definition of getting lost. Locking eyes with the QB is good at times but
can also be a weakness if done too often, especially in the NFL. Foster will have to work on this.
