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You said "They let him follow the tight end all over the field". I assumed you meant consistently and not on a play or 2. If I misunderstood, disregard the response.Not saying all day. But they did have Collins cover tight ends in man coverage, both at the line and outside the numbers. Look mainly for the colts game where he had some man coverage on the tight end and did very well doing so. To say that a safety has to cover a tight end in man coverage is old/stiff thinking.
There were very few plays where Collins was man on man with the TE. As I said, it can happen in a blitz package, it can look that way in combo coverage, and his zone is one that TEs frequently venture into.
Its just silly to say that you are going to favor putting a LB man to man on the TE when you have a safety with no one to cover.
Not sure how covering with your best coverage guys is old thinking.
And that is why you will often see a SAM jam the TE and play under him especially the RB doesn't show. That is far from the same thing as playing him man to man all over the field.There is a reason to play a very athletic large linebacker against a tight end. I believe that linebackers like Collins can be the answer to the new wave of big and very athletic tight ends. He is big, he is fast and he can move well.