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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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