Quote:This is something I have thought about and I don't think you really need a top flight FS for the scheme to work. Obviously a below average one won't cut it but I think a decent safety and good corners is what allows this scheme to excel.


Now I believe having Thomas allows you to excel in the scheme but coupled with Sherman I'm not sure I can really give all the credit to Thomas.


The safeties are allowed to roam and help whomever but if the corners are doing their jobs then the safety really gets to shine.

 

Having a safety like Earl opens up what they can do heck in the Seahawk/Jag Defense thread you can see where they funnel 3 WRs that he has to be responsible for.....

 

Having a Safety that can cover the area usually covered by 2 safeties allow Kam to roam and them to disguise things and most importantly it opens up all of the defensive playbook....without a FS like Thomas im sure a good amount of what they like to do with a single high safety gets thrown out.

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