2147931, Good break down Tek Posted by OldPro, Fri Mar-15-13 05:56 PM
>In Oakland Nnamdi was not asked to shadow the other teams >best receiver around the field. He played outside on one side >of the field and when he was at his best took away his side of >the field. > >He's a big guy who in his youth had outstanding recovery >speed. He was great at jamming his man off the line then, >using the sideline as an extra defender, shadowing him down >the field. In Philly he was asked to play a lot of different >coverages, and he struggled with most of them. He couldn't >really keep up with shifty slot receivers in the middle of the >field, and on the outside he would get lost when asked to play >in off coverage when he couldn't get his hands on the >receiver. > >He might work with the Niners because we don't ask our CB's to >switch around based on match-ups, other than moving Rogers to >the slot in the Nickel, and we play a lot of man coverage with >safety help. Fangio will mix in the occasional zone scheme >but Nnamdi would largely be asked to stay on one side of the >field and stick to the outside receiver. > >The biggest question I have about Nnamdi is how much of his >sub-4.4 speed has he lost over the years? Does he still have >the recovery speed to press at the line and then chase his man >down the field? The 49ers seem to play a lot of off-coverage >on the outside but that might just be a decision based on >personnel. I don't think it would be a problem to let Nnamdi >play more press coverage if that is what he is more >comfortable with but the Niners are generally conservative in >their coverages so if Nnamdi doesn't have the same recovery >speed it may be a problem.
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