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[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by SunnySide

Im curious to see how many snaps Sweat was dropped into coverage. Preston Smith was dropped into coverage a bit yesterday and Im coming to the conclusion that while every D Coord would like not to do that ... sometimes it is inevitable or impossible to 100% have them just rush.

Sure. 100% of the time, particularly as a 3-4 OLB, you wouldn't rush 100% of the time.

A Zone Blitz D would have DL drop into coverage routinely.

At the same time, when you draft a freakish pass rusher, you should find a way to have him routinely rush the passer. Instead, for the majority of the first 10 games, when MS played, he was dropping into coverage. When Manusky started having him routinely rush the passer, he started making some noise.

[SunnySide]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

Sure. 100% of the time, particularly as a 3-4 OLB, you wouldn't rush 100% of the time.

A Zone Blitz D would have DL drop into coverage routinely.

At the same time, when you draft a freakish pass rusher, you should find a way to have him routinely rush the passer. Instead, for the majority of the first 10 games, when MS played, he was dropping into coverage. When Manusky started having him routinely rush the passer, he started making some noise.

Yes, I think everyone would agree that us using hand in the dirt guys like Sweat, Kerrigan, Preston etc in coverage is not ideal, not to their strengths and allows QBs/Coord to take advantage of that when the gift presented itself.

I just want to see the snap breakdown vs fan recollection. We as fans may over emphasis or think "its every time" when in reality maybe it was 30% of his snaps. I bolded the majority part bc we dont really know the numbers. I think its safe to say Sweat was doing more than we would like in the first half and perhaps the second half but I want to see the actual numbers and numbers for other teams as well to compare.

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by SunnySide

Yes, I think everyone would agree that us using hand in the dirt guys like Sweat, Kerrigan, Preston etc in coverage is not ideal, not to their strengths and allows QBs/Coord to take advantage of that when the gift presented itself.

I just want to see the snap breakdown vs fan recollection. We as fans may over emphasis or think "its every time" when in reality maybe it was 30% of his snaps. I bolded the majority part bc we dont really know the numbers. I think its safe to say Sweat was doing more than we would like in the first half and perhaps the second half but I want to see the actual numbers and numbers for other teams as well to compare.

From Nick Aldrige at PFF on 12/18/19:

Nick Akridge‏ @PFF_NickAkridge
In his senior season, [Montez Sweat] had 14 snaps as an OLB and 347 as a DE.

With the Redskins this year he has 296 snaps as an OLB and 300 snaps as a DE.

So it seems Sweat was dropping into coverage about 50% of the time with little to no experience doing so.

[SunnySide]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

From Nick Aldrige at PFF on 12/18/19:


So it seems Sweat was dropping into coverage about 50% of the time with little to no experience doing so.

We are on the same team, same page and I think share the same sentiment but I must be nit picky here with using that position stat as equaling coverage/rush percentage.

Doesnt an OLB rush the QB?
Doesnt a DE drop back into coverage?
Doesnt the swallow fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plover may seek warmer climes in winter, yet these are not strangers to our land?

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by SunnySide

We are on the same team, same page and I think share the same sentiment but I must be nit picky here with using that position stat as equaling coverage/rush percentage.

Doesnt an OLB rush the QB?
Doesnt a DE drop back into coverage?
Doesnt the swallow fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plover may seek warmer climes in winter, yet these are not strangers to our land?

Are you talking about the African or European swallow?

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

From Nick Aldrige at PFF on 12/18/19:





So it seems Sweat was dropping into coverage about 50% of the time with little to no experience doing so.

That is mind numbing. If he gets a job in the NFL again I’m really going to start to question reality....