MrNathanDrake

Last year he had 6"4' Randy Moss to practice against in training camp, pre-season, and the first few weeks of the season. He gained comfort in defending taller receivers by practicing against Moss last year. (Asomugha also earned his stripes while covering Moss in practice while they were in Oakland)

This year, he is practicing against Welker/Branch. Midgets by todays NFL Wide Receiver standards. Perhaps this is why he's having bigger issues against tall WR's this year.

Sure, Brandon Marshall and Vincent Jackson are both very good players. But McCourty covered Marshall 2 games last year and didn't have any terrible games last year.

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jemmer

Sophomore slump?

NEP4Life

Therefore, sign Randy Moss to the practice squad?

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Big-T

He also played more zone last year (and in college too I believe) and this year he is playing more man coverage, that could be another reason for it.

But you also have to take into account Jackson was on fire and was nigh on impossible to cover and Marshall was held in check for the most part, he just had a couple of plays.

Silver,Blue&Red

I haven't been thrilled with any corners for awhile now

MrNathanDrake

atleast he'd still have a chance at getting a Ring that way

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oldskool138

It's the change from zone to man along with no proper training camp, tall receivers that are 5-6 inches taller than him and maybe perhaps a sophomore slump.

If you look at a lot of the plays, he's right there in coverage but does turn and look for the ball like last year. That's an easily correctable problem. Plus, if Ras-I can get on the field and get some experience, he'll probably be put on the taller WR's since he's taller than McCourty.

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Silver,Blue&Red

Maybe Molden will see some action sunday. He's 6'1''. I'm curious to see what he can do. Anybody have any comments on his abilities?

TommyD4207

"Very good players"? They're both all-pros. 2 of the best WRs in the league.

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DarrylS

In the SD game, that we took out Gates, at the expense of leaving McCourty 1-1 with Jackson... things will be more obvious when we stop the run of all stars that we saw in the first two weeks.

Really too early to tell at this time... covering Marshall and Jackson 1-1 is a difficult task.

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