Quote:What the coaching staff thinks means 1000 times more than what you think. What you think is what is actually means little.

 

He's a MLB.  He's not supposed to be the coverage guy. If he is doing more coverage than the other LBs it would be because he is being put in coverage make up for their deficiencies.

 

It's not like they couldn't adjust the coverage if they thought he was a liability, so if he were so bad, then please explain why the defense wasn't covering the TEs more with safeties and OLBs like other teams?

 

I promise you it's not because the coaching staff aren't as smart and astute as you. LOL!

Agreed... what the coaching staff thinks is 1000 times more important than what I think. Of course, only a naive idiot would believe that the coaching staff always tells the media what they think. They wouldn't say things just to spin a story... would they?

 

Agreed, what I say means little, but that doesn't mean what I'm saying isn't true.

 

A linebacker in zone coverage does have to cover passes in his zone. It wouldn't matter if he were a defensive tackle, if the ball were thrown near him he would still be responsible for coverage. The ball is often thrown near him because of either:

a. the type defensive scheme being run by Bradley/Carroll is inherently weak in the middle (I was told this by NYC4Jags) or...

b. the opponents recognize that Poz isn't the best pass coverage and try to exploit what they perceive as a weakness... a lot.

 

Agreed; the coaches certainly could adjust the coverage to compensate for Poz... if they had better capable personnel to do that with. The problem is that they don't at this time.

 

Agreed; the coaching staff has far more football knowledge than I do. As far as I know, I've not written anything in conflict with them. It's really gratifying to finally read a response from someone on here with whom I have so much agreement. Keep up the good work! LOL!

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