A receiver's eye view of the Eagles CBs, courtesy of Roddy White

White extends the laser and begins circling No. 24 at the top of the screen.

"Look at Nnamdi," he says. "He likes to get in your face, jam you, disrupt routes that way. He likes to be down at the line of scrimmage and get his hands on you and disrupt the timing. With a guy like this you really have to use your feet. You have to give yourself some room against him. Even if you're on the open side of the formation, you can back off the line by a half yard because all the officials require is that you cover up the tackle on that side. This guy right here ..."

White circles the receiver Asomugha is preparing to press.

"... He's doing a bad job, to me, because I would never have been this close to the line of scrimmage," Roddy continues. "Nnamdi's arms are so long that it makes it very easy for him to get his hands on you. That's his comfort zone. So you back this out a half-yard, get some distance and prevent him from getting his hands on you. And with a guy like him you've got to use your feet -- hands and feet. You've got to get ready and put your hands up quickly because he's going to launch at you and try to put his hands on you to disrupt routes. So you always have to be going forward and your hands in a position to be above his, because if you can get his hands away from you, then you can pretty much dominate."

8 months ago theguyotc 6 comments 0 recs |

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Hmm

I never saw White put much of what he is saying into practice…

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week-Patton

I would go to battle any time with these guys-MV7

by TricksterG on Sep 21, 2011 3:33 PM EDT reply actions

I don't understand how getting his hands

away from you allows a WR to dominate Nnamdi. Maybe it’d make it easier to not get dominated by Nnamdi, but Asomugha’s still really fast and easily stays with receivers downfield. Just because you get his hands off you, it doesn’t make sense to me that you could easily dominate.

by flyeaglesfly1020 on Sep 21, 2011 3:36 PM EDT reply actions

My uneducated thoughts

“He likes to get in your face, jam you, disrupt routes that way. He likes to be down at the line of scrimmage and get his hands on you and disrupt the timing. With a guy like this you really have to use your feet.”

Common ways WRs beat CBs is either with speed or running precise routes. When you made sudden stops or changes of direction, the WR has initiative because he knows exactly what he’s doing and only has to look for the ball. The CB has to keep an eye on the WR and react to his every move (in man coverage). This gives the WR the initiative. Reacting is always slower than acting.

CBs frequently counter that by attempting to disrupt the timing of a precise route. Instead of a QB just being able to throw to a specific spot at a specific time, both QB and WR have to adjust.

by theguyotc on Sep 21, 2011 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

this is a great read. its nice to see roddy taking his craft so seriously.

and definitely nice to see that the eagles have at LEAST 2 CBs that require study and careful consideration.

and when DRC was in for asante on that play that was for julio jones, that recovery speed, man… we’ve got to get all three of those guys on the field at once.

hopefully moving chaney back to Mike does that. because if we can force more 3rd and longs, we can go to nickel, have an LB chip the TE and nnamdi cover, over the top, while asante and DRC shut down the outside. then that weakness in the defense disappears.

by poetx on Sep 21, 2011 5:06 PM EDT reply actions