Shockt327
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Here's a brief description of Seattle's secondary from an article about them (good read):
Seahawks use safeties unlike any other NFL team
"...In a league where many teams use safeties that are essentially interchangeable, Seattle is different. It has one safety who's as big as a linebacker in Kam Chancellor and another with the coverage skills that would allow him to play cornerback, but the speed and instincts that make him an elite safety.
Thomas has one-of-a-kind range, a center fielder who can line up 25 yards off the line of scrimmage, cover sideline to sideline and come crashing forward to the line of scrimmage when the situation calls for it
He is unique, and not just because he is the only sub-6-foot starter in Seattle's secondary, but because of what his speed enables not just him to do, but Seattle's defense. Thomas is capable of being a single-high safety, meaning he's the one-man coverage policy at the back of the defense. It allows Seattle to put an extra defender in the box to defend the run if it wants or someone else underneath in coverage...."
Well, we got that coverage Safety in McCourtey, right? I'd also imagine that's why Belichick got man-coverage guys at CB like Revis and Browner; because Bill wants to play physical man-coverage and keep a (big) strong-safety in the box, right? So...who is that SS? I can't help but wonder if this is related to what Bill has tried to do with big, physical players like Adrian Wilson and Tavon Wilson in the past; could Tavon earn a starting role then? His biggest weakness is deep coverage, but he presumably won't be asked to do that very often...in the Pats can run that D as successful as Seattle.
Seahawks use safeties unlike any other NFL team
"...In a league where many teams use safeties that are essentially interchangeable, Seattle is different. It has one safety who's as big as a linebacker in Kam Chancellor and another with the coverage skills that would allow him to play cornerback, but the speed and instincts that make him an elite safety.
Thomas has one-of-a-kind range, a center fielder who can line up 25 yards off the line of scrimmage, cover sideline to sideline and come crashing forward to the line of scrimmage when the situation calls for it
He is unique, and not just because he is the only sub-6-foot starter in Seattle's secondary, but because of what his speed enables not just him to do, but Seattle's defense. Thomas is capable of being a single-high safety, meaning he's the one-man coverage policy at the back of the defense. It allows Seattle to put an extra defender in the box to defend the run if it wants or someone else underneath in coverage...."
Well, we got that coverage Safety in McCourtey, right? I'd also imagine that's why Belichick got man-coverage guys at CB like Revis and Browner; because Bill wants to play physical man-coverage and keep a (big) strong-safety in the box, right? So...who is that SS? I can't help but wonder if this is related to what Bill has tried to do with big, physical players like Adrian Wilson and Tavon Wilson in the past; could Tavon earn a starting role then? His biggest weakness is deep coverage, but he presumably won't be asked to do that very often...in the Pats can run that D as successful as Seattle.