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What's the deal with Shaq continually being asked to cover slot receivers?

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2 minutes ago, UDcc123 said:

I feel bad for Shaq.  They keep saying they want him to be the next TD...but tell me the last time you saw TD dropping back in man coverage against WRs or fast TEs.  We drafted him to be a playmaker the same way TD is, and when they use him that way he performs like a 1st round draft pick.  When they use him as a CB, of course he'll get burned. 

Others LBs around the league have covered WRs & TE successfully , Shaq has to get better as a player.

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All game, lot's of plays, before the snap I would see Shaq lineup against #13 in the slot and would point it out to my son and say we are eventually going to get burned with that which is exactely what happened on their touchdown in the 3rd Qtr.  

I get it and saw a bunch of times Shaq would blitz from that formation or maybe they wanted him in for stopping the run?? But if I saw the mismatch all game, you bet their coaches did as well and AGAIN took advantage of it. 

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8 minutes ago, GoobyPls said:

Rewatch the games, after the raiders game they took out Klein every time we went into the nickel. So it was Shaq and TD on the field 

Klein was still the starting MLB in our base 4-3 scheme that entire time.  Shaq doesn’t fit that and I don’t think anything suggests that type move. 

He fits nickel looks.  Got no problems with him and TD in nickel.  Supported that last year. 

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1 hour ago, CRA said:

Klein was still the starting MLB in our base 4-3 scheme that entire time.  Shaq doesn’t fit that and I don’t think anything suggests that type move. 

He fits nickel looks.  Got no problems with him and TD in nickel.  Supported that last year. 

The issue is that they are letting Shaq play 2 soft in coverage. If they got him covering they need to let play press or allow him to get physical at LoS and jam the rewind Rivera disrupt the timing of the route.

 

We have to use his physicality to our advantage. 

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