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Originally Posted by AndyJohnson
But safeties have greater run support responsibilities than corners.
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The last thing we want is a safety dropping a RB, because that would indicate the RB has broken through the first two levels of the defense. A corner that reads really well can drop a RB for no gain or even a loss, not the high safety.
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If we are going to start playing a lot of bump and run then his physical play jamming WRs can help with that, but BB has never been a big bump and run guy.
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We've always tried to have a very physical secondary.
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Also, if you keep him at corner he isn't playing bump and run from the bench with McCourty and Bodden out there.
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From the small sample I've seen this preseason, Bodden has been working the star slot in the nickel with Arrington at corner. Arrington is good, but Dowling has more upside.
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Isnt McCourty, Bodden, Chung, Dowling better than
McCourty, Bodden, Chung, Barrett/Brown if in fact we are saying Dowling belongs on the field?
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If last year is any indication, we'll be seeing plenty of nickel subs, so I believe we'll see plenty of McCourty, Bodden, Chung, Barrett, and Dowling.
However, I'm aware that all I can do is make an educated guess since I'm no insider, so I could easily be wrong here, and Dowling may in fact be a safety this time next Monday. Who knows?
I want to say I would like to see him at corner because once you've shut down the outside leverage, you can do whatever you want on the inside. Typically in the nickel, we play man-free so it's hard to make a big play down the middle on us, but preventing the big play outside the numbers has been the problem.
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