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Originally Posted by neech
Dan Orlovsky said he tried to find a weakness on the Ravens defense and he said he couldn't find any.
Oh Nooooo
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Roquan Smith being a catastrophe in coverage in Chicago only to become one of the better coverage backers in the league in Baltimore is interesting. Tells me they're just damn well coached in their LBer room (especially since Queen - FINALLY - took a step forward in that regard.)
I'd say their secondary is solid but unspectacular. Stephens, Williams, Darby, Maulet and Ya-Sin are gettable, IMO. And the aforementioned Humphrey, should he play.
They have good depth there; few DB rooms go as deep as ours does and theirs qualifies. But I think our top 3 CBs are better than their top 3 CBs.
It gets more interesting if you just say 'top 5 DBs' though:
Hamilton
Stone
Stephens
Humphrey/Darby
Darby/Maulet
vs.
Sneed
McDuffie
Reid
Williams
Edwards/Conner/Watson
I'd take our guys over their because Sneed is Hamilton in his ability to be a swiss army knife when needed (as is McDuffie) but both guys can also lock down an outside weapon.
It's hard to compare LBs/DLs because we use our so much differently than they do. If you just say "well lets compare the box 7" I think you're probably on the right track. In that regard I think they're pretty damn even.
Smith, Queen, Clowney, Madubuike, Pierce, Van Noy, and Jones/Oweh
vs.
Bolton, Gay, Tranquill, Jones, Karlaftis, Omenihu, Nnadi/Danna
I think we have the best player in the group with Jones but this version of Roquan isn't far behind (and dammit Madubuike got good). Gay and Queen are a wash if Gay is healthy, IMO. Clowney/Karlaftis are similar at this stage as well, though Clowney is still a stud against the run. Then trying to compare anyone else just kinda falls apart. But whatever the gap is either way, I'd hate to have to make a living off the difference. They're both strong units.
Defense may just come down to who coaches the better game.