Foster in for a visit

[Hammerstripes]

(04-13-2017, 10:50 PM)Joelist Wrote: With us getting Minter who is good in coverage plus the promotion of Vigil who also can cover and Burflict who can cover too, I wonder if we will still be in nickel so much. We actually have three LBs who can play all three downs now.

A lot of teams run 3 WR sets.  You aren't going to cover the slot WR with a safety or a LB, so the LB comes off the field for the nickel corner.

It's not that we don't have good 4-3 linebackers that can cover, its just that a WR on a LB is a complete mismatch.