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Originally Posted by Red Gorilla
I disagree and think he was a good signing. I bet he's the fastest CB on our roster. He is still really fast. He is fantastic against the run. He is a bump and run CB and we are clearly moving in that direction. That's why we signed Cooper and let Brown go. Switching to bump and run coverage might end up being the biggest change in our defense.
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No it isn't. The two biggest changes you're going to see with this defense is the addition of quite a few different fronts (that were not used or used with great infrequency) such as your reduce, over-ed, under, 46, and storm fronts (all Sutton/Rex terminology).
The second biggest addition is the utilization of fire-zone concepts from the majority of those fronts, especially out of "odd", "under" and "rock/laser". This one is probably the one I'm more giddy about.
You're still going to see quite a bit of zone, especially more quarters and cover 6. Keep in mind that Romeo's philosophy stems from Parcells/Belichick, in which the primary principles are to play zone coverage on 1st-2nd down (typically) and tight, press man on 3rd. It's literally one of the first thing in Saban's PBs at both LSU and Bama.