vin.couve12
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Both players are freak athletes. I wouldn't say that one is more important than the other. I would say that Earl's role in the defense as the key to it is overstated, however. He's not a single high safety, as most say. He's a deep 3rd/deep middle. That's not to take away from what he does though. While he doesn't really need to worry about the sideline, the cover 3 only has two guys in short zones, which are usually Wagner and Kam or Wagner and Wright, depending on which version is called.
How those two short zones relate to Earl is that Earl needs to know when he needs to stay deep or watch for whether or not he needs to stay more shallow. Kam is the communicator as to which he needs to watch for and he'll set that depending on whether he wants to try and undercut/cut off a route and release it Earl, stay on top of it, or camp for the potential hit. That can't happen without Earl's acceleration from A to Z. That also can't happen without Kam's ability to use his QB skills and call all of the on field adjustments while also getting to where he needs to be. AND, if they so choose, they can go robber and swap deep for short/middle and really throw them off and not lose anything.
I really don't think you can "play swords" with this one.
How those two short zones relate to Earl is that Earl needs to know when he needs to stay deep or watch for whether or not he needs to stay more shallow. Kam is the communicator as to which he needs to watch for and he'll set that depending on whether he wants to try and undercut/cut off a route and release it Earl, stay on top of it, or camp for the potential hit. That can't happen without Earl's acceleration from A to Z. That also can't happen without Kam's ability to use his QB skills and call all of the on field adjustments while also getting to where he needs to be. AND, if they so choose, they can go robber and swap deep for short/middle and really throw them off and not lose anything.
I really don't think you can "play swords" with this one.