Is rotating the rookie corners really a good idea?

Second, the coaching. I think rotating the rookie Corners in and out ever couple of series is innovative, but it seems like it would be difficult for anyone to get in a groove with that kind of lack of playing consistency.

And I would personally like to see Smith and Davis get more consistent chunks of game time – maybe a full half each – rather than this “series by series” rotation.

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i said in my fanpost that it feels as though we are still playing preseason games. And this rotation of corners seems like a preseason thing to do. Matty, your absolutely right that Smith outperformed Davis in camp and preseason, There doesnt seem to be any logic to this move. And TS saying he will rotate them until one is so good that he HAS to stay on the field…..well, lets just say it doesnt feel quite right.

VD that making him want to give him that time. Maybe in the past week or so the game could finally be slowing down a little more for VD or even one step further maybe he’s getting him ready to take over for WA a little earlier than we expect. Just throwing that out there for a littl conversation not contreversy.

Let me just say that before I even say this I know I will get skewered for doing so………..but, I dont think that Will Allen played that great in Week 1 either. There, I said it, because no one else would! I’ve got brass ones boyz!!

i hate that we play a style where Will Allen gets one side of the field and then Smith gets the other. We need to have our corners line up with the WR they matchup the best with.

For instance In the Falcons game. Allen was going well on White and Smith on Jenkins since they matchup up pretty well with them physically. So then the Falcons just switched its wr’s. That made 5’10 Allen go up against 6’4 Jenkins and Smith vs. speedy White. The Falcons of course win this matchup.

We need to have our cb’s follow their guy all over the field. This game we will need Smith/Davis on Wayne and Allen on Garcon. Davis should be able to destroy Collie

“I’m not in really a hurry to that right now. They’re both good players. I kind of like seeing both of them play. But if it happens because one guy just completely takes it over and that’s the way it goes.”

“If I’m just looking out there and I’m thinking there’s no way I can leaves this guy off the field, then that’s what we’ll do. Until then, I think I’ll rotate them.”

WTF??? Was he drunk? Is this even English? Nice grammar.

Reasons:
1. It is a long season and this will keep them fresh and prevent them from hitting the “rookie wall” due to exhaustion, since college regular seasons are usually at most 12 games.
2. It doesn’t hurt to have a rookie listening to sound coaching while watching plays (and veteran WR tricks) unfold for the first time. They can take the coaching and apply lessons learned in their next “rotation.”
3. If one rookie gets toasted or makes a big blunder, there is some recovery/coaching time on the sideline next to the position coach while the other goes in.
4. Personally, I would rather see both get substantial playing time than to see one of them, say Sean Smith play exclusively and Vontae Davis standing on the sideline, like Chad Henne, not getting any experience. Vontae brings some skills to the table that Sean doesn’t. I’m a big Sean Smith fan, by the way.

Smith with his coverage skills and playmaking. He also like Davis’s physicality, intensity and tackling. Both are really good its just not time to make a decision on who starts and who doesn’t. Their play will sort that out

Like said earlier (by Matty I believe…yes it was) The falcons receivers only gained 80 yards ALL GAME. I for one believe Roddy is a more dangerous receiver than Wayne. Wayne will be covered by Allen all game and possibly have a safety over the top to help out. The other two receivers playing will be Austin Collie (a rook who did nothing last week) in the slot and Pierre Garcon (who got beat out of his job by Collie) and now Hank Baskett (whos done next to nothing).

Personally I dont think this is a problem at all. We all saw how miserable Jax’s secondary was in the preseason and yet Indi only scored 14 points AT HOME. Lets keep in mind this isn’t the same Indi team of the last few years with Harrison and Wayne scaring people. Wayne’s out on his own and basically has no help outside of Clark. And I dont care what anyone says, Clark is not nearly as good as Gonzo. Gonzo is a future hall of famer and Clark is not.

With that said, Davis is a physical force who will rock these young receivers and Smith, while he’s a playmaker got burned badly against White last week. He’s far from a lock to be better than Davis. Both have different strengths and rotating them can only lead to playing to those strengths.

Not real sure about cover packages teams play. Seems like our LB’s and Safeties were giving up some short stuff. Why not use Davis to cover TEs and backs? I don’t like the rotating thing either. So maybe you play them both? You guys know this stuff better than i do.

I just think it’s Davis that should start, Smith got burned bad twice and he was losing ground with every step, if that happens against Manning those are TDs, neither guy played bad but Smith had his worst day and Davis had his best day, and Davis is a force against the run and short passing/screen plays that Smith never will be, plus Davis just plays faster, very explosive burst.

However Clark is not a conventional TE.. he isn’t really big and strong so a fast safety and or a strong corner should be able to cover him when he’s split out. The problem comes from when they are in a normal formation. You don’t want your corner in when they run the ball.. So nickel can be an option but I’d rather have a fast safety cover him than Davis. Chris Clemons anyone? Although Culver was pretty good in coverage last week

Smith is too talented to be on the bench while the Dolphins honor Davis’ first round draft status, and Davis has the kind of mentality where early confidence will be crucial for his development as a pro, so I think I understand why Sparano feels obligated to cycle them in and out right now. Someone brought up the concept of diminishing rookie fatigue, and I think that’s a really valid point.

It’s just my opinion, but I don’t think Vontae’s preseason was really as rough as some people have made it out to be (except for the ridiculously stupid penalties he took against Jax — those had me cringing), and he’s proven to be every bit the sound open-field tackler we were hoping he was when we drafted him (which is something I kept thinking about when Yeremiah whiffed on Gonzo in the red zone last Sunday). Vontae’s ball skills aren’t really anywhere close to Smith’s, but I think his physical, aggressive style will pay dividends for us once the game really does slow down for him. I look forward to us having one of the nastiest secondaries in football for years to come.

Both are bad ideas.

I’m starting to think that Sparano and the gang realize that we aren’t winning to Super Bowl this year and really are in constant experimenting mode building toward year three or four.
It looks like the preseason really is still going on for them.

I think even popping Pat White in here and there or swapping Vontae and Sean are just tests to see how guys react to different situations and to see how different teams react to different sets.

I like giving both of them time to get on the field and learn. Aside from the QB I think CB’s need the most field experience. Most would agree that Davis is very talented yet very raw. If he spend prolonged amounts of time on the bench it will do nothing but hinder his ability to improve as a player. Someone also mentioned using them depending on the match up, which I liked a lot. They both bring rather different skill sets to the game.

Maybe what we saw and what Sparano saw were 2 different things. Smith had 2 interceptions and some good coverages but maybe he is more suited to the style of playing Jason Allen’s position but he’s just not there yet. Vontae played the short side of the field for most of his college career so I’d say he has more experience than Smith at that position so Sparano may be giving them more time to fight it out. Who knows, for what it’s worth neither of them have given up a touchdown yet so he may not have to make that decision yet.

the Colts like to spread the field so we’d see more Nickel packages right?