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Peters is a zone defender who typically needs a cushion in front of him and help behind him in order to sit back and read the quarterback and the play in front of him, then react to what is happening.
In Peters, the Rams had a cornerback who needed help. In Ramsey, they have a cornerback who says, “I got this.”
And that frees up other defenders to be utilized in help coverage or on blitzes.
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"Whether it’s safeties blitzing or bringing a corner blitz,” explained Weddle, “me covering, over-shadow and overlapping, cutting defense, those are the things that we can do.
We just haven’t been able to, for whatever reasons. You bring a guy like Jalen, and Troy who plays press man, and Robey can play man … Darious is a man corner.
Your defense kind of changes philosophy now.“We’re going to be man-based now, get up in their face, mix in some zones, whether it’s dropping in zone or bringing man pressure with zone behind it.
It’s just a more aggressive type defense than we have been to start the season.”
