FredFromDartmouth
In the Starting Line-Up
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"--The competitive portion of practice got rolling with 1-on-1 drills between the pass catchers and defenders. Maybe the most notable action in the work was Malcolm Butler getting beaten multiple times by Bears second-year receiver Kevin White. Butler struggled with the smaller, quicker Brandin Cooks last week against the Saints and this week has struggled with the bigger bodies of White (6-3) and Jeffery (6-3). Jeffery also beat Butler badly for a big gain in 1-on-1 work down the right sideline."
Ugh this really annoys me because I have been saying for years that height is very important at the CB and WR positions, and that the patriots Should have one good tall WR and one serviceable tall CB every year on the team. This year we don't. Some pats fans have actually tried arguing me that tall WRs don't fit in the patriots system. Weak argument.
Malcolm is a great young CB but he needs serious help against the good number 1s with size.
It is really, really hard to find tall CBs and most of them cannot cover. I would rather have a shorter CB that can cover versus a big galoot that cannot. Tall CBs are so rare that they are routinely overdrafted as you got to see in this' year's draft. I'll bet half of the ones drafted in the first round wash out.
Tall WRs are usually prima-donnas or just bad people, i.e. players that BB hates.