Quote:As long as the SS and WS are fast enough to beat the blocks to the strong side, or at least strong enough to hold the point of attack and keep contain, and big enough to cover the TEs, fine.

 

To expound upon McCarthy, you have to have some special guys playing SS/WS

 

My immediate thought upon reading your "special guys" comment is to make the guys that they are covering to be not special. The age old thought in dealing with a Tight End that is killing you is to park a LB in his face and cut him in half so he cannot get a clean release off of the line. Think the "46" Defense.

 

While I don't expect Myles Jack to be able to manhandle Gronkowski off of the line, do I think that Jared Odrick playing the "E" can give him fits in terms of release? Yeah, I kinda do. Do I think that Jack can hit Bennett hard enough to throw off the timing of his route? Yep!

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