01-28-2017, 11:53 AM
The Cincinnati Bengals have had some effective cornerbacks on the roster since Marvin Lewis too over in 2003 -- and especially in the Mike Zimmer/Paul Guenther era. With Cincinnati having to face Antonio Brown at least twice every year and since in 2017 the Bengals will face Matthew Stafford, Aaron Rodgers, and Andrew Luck, it's time to kick cornerback play up a notch, and here's how:
For a significant amount of the off-season, let's have the cornerbacks train with the wide receivers. I'm talking about running routes, catching passes, making cuts, and even working on sideline catches keeping both feet in bounds. My rationale is this: If cornerbacks learn to play like a wide receiver they'll eventually think like a wide receiver! The Bengal cornerbacks will be able to recognize routes better if they've run those routes themselves a few hundred times.
This should increase the rate of successful passes defensed as well as increase the amount of interceptions.
For a significant amount of the off-season, let's have the cornerbacks train with the wide receivers. I'm talking about running routes, catching passes, making cuts, and even working on sideline catches keeping both feet in bounds. My rationale is this: If cornerbacks learn to play like a wide receiver they'll eventually think like a wide receiver! The Bengal cornerbacks will be able to recognize routes better if they've run those routes themselves a few hundred times.
This should increase the rate of successful passes defensed as well as increase the amount of interceptions.
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