02-27-2019, 09:31 AM
(02-27-2019, 06:22 AM)wolfkaosaun Wrote: You....you don't get pushed in man coverage.
Do you mean press coverage?
This is false. In man coverage the corner is still going to squeeze you towards the boundary if you go vertical to give a QB less room to place the ball in a playable area. The hand fighting down the field usually is accompanied by leaning towards the boundary to direct you into the boundary line. As a WR you have to drive the CB up field while running the "red line". The difference between elite downfield threats and average to bad ones is that elite ones understand they have to leverage the CB inside to give themselves and the QB space between them and the boundary line to place the ball. Ross often times received "uncatchable" balls because he did a poor job of holding the red line and giving the QB's a catachable area to place the ball. Everyone that always gets mad at Dalton for throwing the ball out of bounds watch the WR split off the line and watch them fade towards the sideline as they work down the field, the WR is actually supposed to hold a split similar to his start in most cases but as they get squeezed he has to put it outside the WR to keep it from getting picked which makes the margin of error very marginal if the route is run poorly. This isn't to say he doesn't miss passes downfield, he does, but people think a go route is just run straight ahead but there is a skill to it...one ross struggles with.
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/0ap3000000877899/Andy-Dalton-can-t-connect-with-John-Ross-on-deep-pass
This video above is a perfect example. The CB comes down and shows press but doesn't attempt any jam and just mirrors. Ross off the line gives up huge ground taking a release that shades way too far outside (maybe trying to avoid the perceived press?) and eventually he runs himself out of real estate down the field. It looks like Dalton misses but the reality is that is on ross who needed to have much better route integrity down the field.
