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Don't the DB's start to "back peddle" right before the snap? Something a "still photo" won't show you. The ball has not been snapped in any of the photos you posted so we really can't tell the DB's position at the time of the snap.
I'm pretty sure our DB's might start out at 8 yards but if they back peddle before the snap, that distance increases AND also puts the DB's on their heels to start the play. IMO, that's a "passive" style of play. I prefer a more aggressive style with more Man/Press coverage and an creative blitz packages.
With a player like AD, I think a more aggressive style would help him and the whole D. By not letting the WR get a "free/uncontested" 8-10 yard release into their route, it would force the QB to hold the ball for a fraction longer and that just might be the difference between a big play and a sack.
#HelmetHornsMatter
“Well, the color is good, I like the metallic blue,” Youngblood recently said while laughing, via NFL Journal. “The horn is terrible. It looks like a ‘C.’ When I first saw it on the logo I honestly thought it was a Charger logo.
“Now when I see it on the helmet, it just isn’t a ram horn. There is no distinct curl like a mature ram horn. I don’t know how the Rams could get that wrong. That is your symbol and it has been for what? Seventy years or more? Longer than I have been alive? It’s just not us, it’s not the Rams.”---Mr. Ram Jack Youngblood
I'm pretty sure our DB's might start out at 8 yards but if they back peddle before the snap, that distance increases AND also puts the DB's on their heels to start the play. IMO, that's a "passive" style of play. I prefer a more aggressive style with more Man/Press coverage and an creative blitz packages.
With a player like AD, I think a more aggressive style would help him and the whole D. By not letting the WR get a "free/uncontested" 8-10 yard release into their route, it would force the QB to hold the ball for a fraction longer and that just might be the difference between a big play and a sack.
#HelmetHornsMatter
“Well, the color is good, I like the metallic blue,” Youngblood recently said while laughing, via NFL Journal. “The horn is terrible. It looks like a ‘C.’ When I first saw it on the logo I honestly thought it was a Charger logo.
“Now when I see it on the helmet, it just isn’t a ram horn. There is no distinct curl like a mature ram horn. I don’t know how the Rams could get that wrong. That is your symbol and it has been for what? Seventy years or more? Longer than I have been alive? It’s just not us, it’s not the Rams.”---Mr. Ram Jack Youngblood
