Quote: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.

And this is where I disagree. In that article it talks about a lot of inside or outside leverage which gives the corner an advantage underneath and the safety a straight line to attack whoever needs help. It's more of a diagnose then attack.


Thomas is playing a very simplified role so his natural ability is going to allow him to dominate on this scheme but I do think a safety with range can be effective enough for the scheme to work because of the technique used by the corners

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