Darius Butler To Play Sunday

[beckersteen]

But you do need to know the playbook to know which man that is. It is still an important factor and audibles do get called.

well for a cb its probably the one you're are lined up against.

[rayzor]

:lol:

Anyone else feel like our first half of this year is going to be like an extended preseason in regard to on-field rotations?

at CB and DT i think you are right. maybe at WR as well. i think the rest of it should be pretty well set.

[Proudiddy]

If you're a play-maker, then get on the field and make plays. To hell with scheme. Cover your man.

You don't need to know the playbook in order to guard someone man-to-man.

Wish it was that easy, but from what I've noticed in our defensive scheme/system from watching Philly, we love blitzing DBs... Not to mention, a lot of zone blitzes, so he's got to know what his assignment is on each play.

I'm guessing they will put him in on a lot of plays using man coverage because it's simple and for each of those plays that would be his only responsibility - cover your man. Just my guess, but I think that's the "situations" he'll be utilized in for this week until he can get into the playbook.

[Snake]

I think Capt is going to shock some people this year. In McDerment's system he does not ask you to be Tall he asks you to be psychical and Capt is the most psychical CB on this team right now. Yes he could be taller but that does not mean he cant be a CB2. Butler could be a beast at slot if he can learn our system and that will keep Godfrey at SS.

[Proudiddy]

I think Capt is going to shock some people this year. In McDerment's system he does not ask you to be Tall he asks you to be psychical and Capt is the most psychical CB on this team right now. Yes he could be taller but that does not mean he cant be a CB2. Butler could be a beast at slot if he can learn our system and that will keep Godfrey at SS.

As long as Butler uses his physical skills and lives up to the potential, and Captain is doing work, I could care less how they break down as far as who is the 2 or 3.

And you are right on in your observations... Physicality takes precedent over anything else in this system, and Captain has always been physical. And we tend to break things down in an abstract manner around here i.e. "we need a fat DT and a pass rushing DT," "need a tall #2 CB and slot guy can be small"... But in fact, if the safety has good help over the top with bigger WRs, it really doesn't matter how big the CB is.

I love Captain's game, and I won't ever put a limit on what he can or can't do for multiple reasons... I just knew I'd feel comfortable if we had a slightly bigger CB that we could plug in as a #2, and we have that now in Butler. How that plays itself out remains to be seen, but I trust in the abilities of both and Captain did an awesome job when he started last year so we'll see. I like our top 3 right now.

[Ivan The Awesome]

He's not ready to start, he just got here today. He's got a lot of catching up to do with the playbook and all that. Trust Rivera would know when to put him in.

[KillerKat]

Problem is the NFL doesn't allow CBs to be physical

[Snake]

Problem is the NFL doesn't allow CBs to be physical

They can still be physical and play by the rules. Being physical and covering are two different things and you have to be able to do both.

Most people forget that Darrell Green was one of the best cover CBs in the game and was only 5'9".

[I am Hubby]

I believe we will see a D that is a lot more physical this year. And that includes the CBs as well. If we are agressively going after QBs, the CBs will HAVE to be physical at the line of scrimmage. I did not see a lot of jamming at the line, but I did see a lot of pressing. Which sure beats the cushion WRs got last year.

I realize it was preseason and the D was rather limited. I did however see variations of the base D we did play. Line stunts, players moving around, blitzes from different angles. For a vinilla D they did mix it up. Cannot wait to see how we do things in the regular season.

Just a thought, and GOOOOO PANTHERS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KillerKat]

Darrell Green played in a different era where the NFL wasn't so pussified. No CB that short can start a full season because the NFL took away the ability of CBs to be physical. Without that, shorter CBs get picked apart against taller #1 or #2 WRs. CBs today can't even touch a WR without being called for a penalty.

[Proudiddy]

Captain did a good job starting last year despite his size, and a big reason is because he IS physical... He is probably the best CB on our roster in terms of press coverage. It's after that first 5 yards that the physicality has been taken out of the equation until the ball is caught.

[KillerKat]

Which Munnerlyn has problems with and draws penalties because he has to do that in order to compete with taller receivers

[Snake]

I believe we will see a D that is a lot more physical this year. And that includes the CBs as well. If we are agressively going after QBs, the CBs will HAVE to be physical at the line of scrimmage. I did not see a lot of jamming at the line, but I did see a lot of pressing. Which sure beats the cushion WRs got last year.

I realize it was preseason and the D was rather limited. I did however see variations of the base D we did play. Line stunts, players moving around, blitzes from different angles. For a vinilla D they did mix it up. Cannot wait to see how we do things in the regular season.

Just a thought, and GOOOOO PANTHERS!!!!!!!!!!!!

TBH this team prob had to learn how to blitz and be physical.

Darrell Green played in a different era where the NFL wasn't so pussified. No CB that short can start a full season because the NFL took away the ability of CBs to be physical. Without that, shorter CBs get picked apart against taller #1 or #2 WRs. CBs today can't even touch a WR without being called for a penalty.

You missed the point. Darrell Green was a Cover CB not a press CB like Blunt was in that time. They both put up monster numbers and both were totally different types of players.

[LinvilleGorge]

Problem is the NFL doesn't allow CBs to be physical

Yep. The new interpretation of the rules was the end of Ricky Manning Jr.

To the poster who mentioned Green, also remember that he was fast enough to run laps around most WRs as they ran their route.