It’s all of the above.
Scheme has our DBs playing for the tackle and to prevent big plays. Bend but don’t break. Seems like for the last decade or so our secondary technique is to keep everything in front and make the tackle. Contesting at the catch isn’t really high priority, from what I’ve seen. Nobody turns their head around in coverage.
We don’t draft dawgs, and even if/when we do, any aggressive technique gets coached out of them and they turn into soft betas who give 7 yard cushions on 3rd and 3.
And as far as players go, we don’t prioritize DBs. I don’t need to say anything about Safeties, it’s apparent how the team values the position. As far as CBs, team makes no effort to get guys in FA. Once they got burned by Brandon Carr, they’ve been terrified of handing out money to a CB since.
And the only CBs we drafted high in Byron and Diggs, we let one of them walk after he went All Pro. The rest of these guys: Brown, Awuzie, and Lewis are just guys that were the best remaining after better guys had been taken.
We could have taken Rapp or Thornhill or Abram but took Trysten Hill instead. Could have taken Ramsey but took Zeke. Could have traded up 2 spots for Derwin, but took LVE.
Team doesn’t give a fukk about DB play. They think drafting a single Byron or Diggs every 5 years and surrounding him with 3 or 4 other trash players is enough.
