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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PackersRS" data-source="post: 244973" data-attributes="member: 1429">My thoughts on the man coverage X the zone coverage.The man coverage gives you more security against the big plays, but you need to have elite CBs, like Baltimore used to have with McAllister and Rolle, Denver used to have with Bailey and Bly, and Philly or we have for that matter. You still need to pressure the qb, but not as much.If you don't have those elite CBs, like pittsburgh and the giants don't have, you need to figure out a way so that the wr can't get the time to be open. That's where the zone blitz comes in. BUT you need elite pass rushers to execute it properly. If the wr can get to the free spot in the coverage, which ALL zone coverages have, you're gonna get killed.That being said, I think we have proven CBs to execute the man coverage, and we have a capable pass rush for it to work (the wr won't get 10 seconds anymore).BUT I don't know if our pass rush is elite enough to make a full zone coverage scheme work. My take is that we should still use primarily the man coverage, but, depending on the progress of Kampman and Matthews, we could incorporate more zone coverages than we used to. Ps.: Also, for the zone coverage to work better, Collins cannot get beat deep that often...</blockquote>

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