When will we ever have LB's that can cover someone? This has been going on for way too long! I think we need to use one of our 2nd round picks on a decent LB that can cover a TE!
If you want a link, read my sig! LOL. I read this on Twitter from Omar.
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Is 217 considered a lot? What is the league average %?
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Both Karlos Dansby and Kevin Burnett are generally pretty good in coverage.
It's also ignoring that a lot of it came from poor tackling on plays that the defender was in reasonable position on- The long Goodson play and when Burnett was stiff-armed. -
I don't know how true it is, but I would think Omar did his homework before tweeting that. If its true it makes me sick. I don't even want to think about how much damage Dustin Keller will do on us! -
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I think it's because of the time missed in pre-season by both Dansby and Burnett who are our best coverage LB's. They started slow last year with the shortened off-season too.
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Recall AJ Edds?
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It's pretty frustrating when our guys do their jobs, execute the plan well, and yet some clueless reporter is out there sounding off like they are scrubs.
FYI Keller has a bad hammy and might not even play this week.rafael likes this. -
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Better them than our corners.
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I suspect this issue is similar to the one where you don't want your defensive backs making all the tackles on your team, because it signifies the other team's running game is getting out past the second level on a regular basis.
Notice the Raiders scored only 13 points. Had the majority of those passing yards come against the DBs and not the linebackers, I suspect they would've scored more points.
In other words, giving up passing yardage from the linebacker position rather than the defensive backfield probably signifies some element of stopping the deep passing game and keeping the other team from getting huge plays and mounting quick, frequent scoring drives.
When you're facing Darrius Heyward-Bey and Denarius Moore, I'll take that.finfansince72 likes this. -
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