Daily Double Links: They’ve Still Got to Cover
- Tim Graham writes about the growth of NFL CBs.
- James Dearth visits an elementary school.
- A Dayton area writer tries to guess your reaction to the corporate logo thing.
- Mike Florio cracks the Jets patch story four days late but also talks about whether or not gameday jeseys will eventually bear corporate logos.
- Waszak picks up the Ryan dyslexia story for the AP.
3 Responses to Daily Double Links: They’ve Still Got to Cover
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fonzie says:
This is why I respected Mangini for making exceptional cornerbacks (Revis, Samuel, and to some extent Law). It didn’t matter if he had a 6-5 cornerback or a 5-7 cornerback he was going to show them the tools they needed to be successful.
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correction:
He was going to show them how improve and how to use their tools effectively in order to become successful.
Comment to Tim Graham’s article about growing cornerbacks.
It really doesn’t matter what size cornerback you have on a 6-6, 7-0, whatever size receiver you have. Obviously the names of the cornerbacks he mentioned Asomugha, Antonio Cromartie, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, and Ike Taylor are athletically gifted cornerbacks with unique size but depending on
A) How physical they are at the line of scrimmage.
B) How much knowledge of their game, their opponents (receiver) game and tendencies and the knowledge of where they need to be
C) How much of the space (are they in position to make plays) they give to their opponents
Will determine how successful they are going to be on that particular day. The nfl has given the offense (particulary receivers) the benefit of the doubt during passing plays ( to have the five yard rule and numerous pass inteference and illegal holds called on the cornerbacks) the last six years . Both players each have the right to go after the ball and not even the referees can argue that. So it depends on which player puts himself in the best position to make the play on the football.