Love these kinds of articles that give you a bit of a deeper dive into the schemes they’re running. It will be interesting to see if they run a little more man with Rodgers this year if that is his strength. Ideally, you’d like it if they can keep the same scheme as last year against the younger QBs that really struggled against it and then be able to change it up against the more experienced QBs when needed. I don’t know that man will get you any farther than zone against Burrow and the rest of the elite QBs, but definitely felt last year like they needed something different scheme wise against a few of the older vets.
Personnel matters So with older CBs, zone probably makes sense.. As you mentioned with Rodgers, one can feel a little more confident with some more man 2 man.
Love these kinds of articles that give you a bit of a deeper dive into the schemes they’re running. It will be interesting to see if they run a little more man with Rodgers this year if that is his strength. Ideally, you’d like it if they can keep the same scheme as last year against the younger QBs that really struggled against it and then be able to change it up against the more experienced QBs when needed. I don’t know that man will get you any farther than zone against Burrow and the rest of the elite QBs, but definitely felt last year like they needed something different scheme wise against a few of the older vets.
Personnel matters So with older CBs, zone probably makes sense.. As you mentioned with Rodgers, one can feel a little more confident with some more man 2 man.
The other factor in the uptick of zone is running QBs. No matter the athletes, it's much harder to defend against them while playing man.
It's not shocking that zone has trended up since the league realized that Lamar Jackson isn't actually a WR. . .
Excellent point. Maybe after having Kirk as our QB, we did not think about running QBs so much!