01-28-2017, 01:43 PM
Practicing routes doesn't help you defend them as much as you'd think.
Playing cornerback, you have to get used to back pedaling and being aggressive. You have to be able to read the receiver more than the quarterback when it comes to deeper routes.
Plus, the secondary learns routes. They see it on film. Not every cornerback is a possible receiver. Some cornerbacks excel in zone coverage. Some excel in mirroring a receiver and rather than running a route they think the receiver will run, they run with the receiver and watch for key movements and pivots to know where to go.
And yes, cornerbacks can read the quarterback as well. Especially in zone coverage, but they also watch offenses to know where the ball is going and what routes the offense likes to call.
I don't think running routes with the offense is going to help a cornerback on an option route. Cornerback can say oh this is a curl, and run that route, whereas the receiver runs a different route and he's way out of position.
Playing cornerback, you have to get used to back pedaling and being aggressive. You have to be able to read the receiver more than the quarterback when it comes to deeper routes.
Plus, the secondary learns routes. They see it on film. Not every cornerback is a possible receiver. Some cornerbacks excel in zone coverage. Some excel in mirroring a receiver and rather than running a route they think the receiver will run, they run with the receiver and watch for key movements and pivots to know where to go.
And yes, cornerbacks can read the quarterback as well. Especially in zone coverage, but they also watch offenses to know where the ball is going and what routes the offense likes to call.
I don't think running routes with the offense is going to help a cornerback on an option route. Cornerback can say oh this is a curl, and run that route, whereas the receiver runs a different route and he's way out of position.
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