(01-12-2024, 01:45 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(01-12-2024, 01:37 PM)MojoKing Wrote: I just think you need a better nickel package, sure put him in coverage maybe twice a game, but NEVER against Njoku that’s going to be exploited if Todd Boumann is QB. Same goes for Travon.

They don't "put" him in coverage against a TE.

That isn't how it works. 

They call a coverage for a play and THEN the offense sends out a formation.

They have some flexibility to communicate adjustments when they see mismatch - but you can't constantly switch the whole backend when a LB has to cover. It is simply part of the game. Linebackers have to cover sometimes. 

BTW - I'm pretty sure the play you are thinking of was actually Devin Lloyd in coverage, not Josh Allen.

 

By put I meant coverage. Eh you’re probably right at this point I can’t distinguish between Josh, Travon, and Lloyd I’m coverage, it’s all bad. I just don’t think you can ever afford to put your best pass rusher and run defender in coverage, Shawn Merriman is a true OLB the dudes hips were meant for it. Josh and Travon are meant to have their hands in the ground. They look awkward in coverage, and I don’t blame them. Travon trying to cover a wheel route from a running back is hilarious.

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