Commanders 2023 Off-Season Thread

[GridIron26]

Originally Posted by sdskinsfan2001

Get Forbes out of the slot. Can we just have 1 guy that is really good at his position. Rivera wants the damn longsnapper to have position flexibility.

Put Forbes at the boundary corner and then LEAVE HIM BE.

Originally Posted by sdskinsfan2001

CB1 is never going to play the slot if there is an injury. Anyone but Forbes should be moved inside if absolutely necessary.

Have we ever shadowed a WR before? Doesn't sound familiar.

It's kinda funny how your posts contradicted each other. You said Forbes is our #1 CB and want Forbes to be only boundary CB and then you want our #1 CB to travel with #1 WR. Nowadays, it's pretty common for offense coordinators to move around #1 WR, including motioning the WR to the slot position. Therefore, our #1 CB must learn how to play both sides and slot positions. In other words, Rivera is doing what you want.

I do get the frustration feeling about Rivera's obsession with flexibility, I feel that way sometimes. Although with the DBs, it's important to be flexible with positions because some offense coordinators are always looking to exploit our defense weaknesses. We can mitigate this challenge by confusing QB on who is covering his #1 target, or this would make things easier for our defense when the #1 WR is motioned to a different position before the snap by transferring the coverage responsibility to other DB without running over to a different side.