Re: Did AD ever drop into coverage?

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AlbaNY_Ram

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Ramsdude
If dropping someone else into coverage helps get Hoecht to the QB, I am ok with it.

Isn't the idea of dropping a DL into coverage supposed to surprise the offense since they don't expect it? I think if not overdone we'll be ok. It will be up to Shula to determine if there is an advantage to dropping others for Hoecht is worth it or not.

I don't think we'll see it often but won't be surprised if we do.

Yes, that is also a workable solution. But if the DL that drops into coverage is worse in that role than Hoecht, doesn't that make a bad situation worse?

I guess we won't know unless we see it, but I suspect Hoecht is better in coverage than Kobie Turner, Bobby Brown III, or Braden Fiske. But maybe, as you suggest, that move will confuse the OL enough that the pass rush gets home before the coverage can be exploited.

I think it depends on the type of "coverage" they ask the DL to do. We had Hoecht covering tight ends down field and in the flat too often imo.

If we just drop a DL back into a zone or area in the middle of the field to defend that area and NOT the player, it should be ok. I don't see them asking the DL to cover a TE on a route or anything like that. Just clog up the passing lanes over the middle.

JMO. I am by no means a defensive genius and I don't pretend to play one on the internet but...I did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night!

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