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Originally Posted by staylor26
Tank Dell's rookie highlights are full of soft coverage like this.
You're absolutely clueless if you believe this.
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Yeah - we've had this conversation a thousand times and it just doesn't get anywhere.
Everyone plays man every snap! Aggressive press man coverage all the time!
I mean I've had this exact conversation in that "our WRs suck" thread where everyone was saying that anyone that can't beat man 100% of the time isn't worthwhile. That's just not how the NFL works.
Defensive backfields flat out do not have the depth to do that. As good a shape as these guys are in, they CAN'T run man every down without being absolutely shredded by the 3rd quarter. You remember when teams were trying that against us when Mahomes was younger and we had them wearing friggen oxygen masks in the 2nd half?
Soft coverage is actually what these guys see more often than not. It's to prevent big plays (same people that say we have to have man beaters will also argue that the Cover 2 Shell is a panacea) and to simply keep their defensive backs alive.
If a guy does nothing but find holes in zones over and over again, he can be a 1,000 yard receiver. Ideally do you find guys that can do both? Sure - the 'gotta have it' plays still require that you have that guy on occasion. But it's the NFL draft - ideal is rarely a thing.