Quote:Wouldn't matter in a cover 2.

 

Hold on there a minute. First rule of Defense is "the coverage dictates the front." To break that down you use simple math. Every Offensive front in the League has eight gaps due to there being a requirement for having seven players on the LOS. In order to account for those gaps it then follows that you need eight Defenders. Thing is, when you play Cover Two it means that you are asking a Defensive Back to account for a gap. 

 

That's not so bad when you have a bad [BLEEP] like Ramsey as a CB, but smart money says you want him in coverage, not run support. So now we're back to having to find a guy to account for the eighth gap. If you want your Corners to cover, then that means you will want your Safeties to fill a gap. Not that Hooker and Gipson can't do this, but is it what they are best at?

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