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Why the nickel corner is different and harder

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Jian:
Newp!  Just kidding Painter... Very well written and informative post.

Jian

Painter:
 =)) Thanks, Jian.

Cheers!

MightyGiants:
PFF talked about the Eagles failure:


--- Quote ---Seeing the success of the Packers, the Philadelphia Eagles tried to create a Woodson. Hoping to  duplicate Woodson’s outstanding run in 2009 and 2010, they signed the top free agent cornerback in Nnamdi Asomugha and square-pegged him into the slot.

Asomugha was a fixture at right cornerback (RCB) with the Raiders for years, rarely coming off his perch and almost never following the other team’s top receiver, a la Darrelle Revis. The scheme was simple, as Oakland played a lot of press man coverage to play to Asomugha’s greatest strength. Whether it was his predetermined location, outstanding cover skills or simply reputation, opposing teams rarely threw the ball his way. It was not until we started charting targets that we realized just how little action Asomugha was involved in on a given Sunday. While the great Revis was targeted 194 times in 2009-10, Asomugha saw a mere 57 passes thrown his way. Whichever team won the Asomugha sweepstakes was expected to use him in the same role: “go play RCB, and we’ll cover the rest”.

Instead, the Eagles put Asomugha in the slot and asked him to play a variety of combo coverages while forcing him to get into the action against the run. Perhaps his struggles were overblown, as he still had some value in coverage, but it was his poor tackling that was alarming and unacceptable for a cornerback playing on the inside. Asomugha’s 12 missed tackles on only 50 attempts ranked last among cornerbacks, and the first half of the season was particularly poor.

Perhaps he’s only a one-trick pony, though his one trick is very, very valuable in the NFL. If the Eagles are smart, they’ll let Asomugha go back to his more comfortable right cornerback position and find someone else to do the dirty work on the inside.
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https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2012/06/04/shaping-the-slot-defense/

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