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As usual, you'd be wrong. Big receivers own Harris.
Back to the original question. who do you guys think Woodson will cover on Monday night?
There's no standard approach GB uses with their corners. Most of the time, though, they ask Harris to match up with the "best" receiver all over the field, though if I remember right, they put Woodson on TO when they played Dallas this year. Woodson last week was responsible for the TE (Bears' Olson) since they played almost exclusively nickel (vs. a 2 WR/1 or 2 TE sets - they basically played Olson as a WR) and shifted Tramon Williams (their nickel who did very solid when Harris was out with his spleen injury) over to cover the WR. Harris and Woodson are both really good. IMO Woodson has more natural ability and smarts, but Harris is very physical and has superb technique on press coverage which hides his flaws like lack of speed to some degree. I would say there isn't a three-some of corners (Harris/Woodson/Williams) that is as good as the Packers in the NFL. Their depth beyond those three is ok with Jared Bush (who was the nickel much of last year), Rookie Lee and Will Blackmon, none of which has gotten much playing time except on special teams. Now if the front seven could only stop the run....
thanks.. kind of they way I'm leaning.. Vegas has a high over/under so they do expect points in this one though...
Back to the jist of the original question, Lance Moore is in the slot no? Woodson slides into the slot sometimes. Best case matchup for Moore is Tramon Williams, who is the heir apparent to Al Harris. The Packers have a good set of defensive backs. Small guys like Moore haven't been much trouble for them. They tend to struggle against guys like Colston, Burress, and Vincent Jackson. Generally the Packers line up with Woodson on the Left Side of the defense and Harris on the right. Like I said, Woodson does move to the slot quite a bit through on obvious passing downs.
NO will put up good passing numbers...they always do. I agree that one of the two will likely have a subpar week though...
Because of what Burress did and Owens did on maybe a catch or two last year(much of Owens work was not done on Harris)?Harris has held his own for some times.As to the OP.I see several different scenarios. I think Woodson may be more on Moore if he is in the slot or Bush if he is lined up in the slot.Harris on Colston with Tramon Williams being on Henderson.
Burress beat Harris like a pony express horse. If Harris is outsized, he really can be exposed.
Harris got beat multiple times on the stop/fade route type where Burress simple stops and catches it on his back shoulder. Harris had good coverage on most of them if I remember right, but Manning was as accurate as he ever was. Simply outstanding game plan and execution by Manning and Burress than bad play by Harris. I think your point though is well taken. The larger receivers may be less susceptable to the bump coverage since maybe they can power through compared to average sized receivers. Harris strength isn't his speed.Sabertooth said:
What is your position? Several scenarios?
My position is that over the past several years Harris has consistently been very good against team's #1 WRs. That last year Burress had a very good game against him...which does not prove that "big receivers own Harris".Oh...and so far, since coming back from injury, he has allowed exactly 0 catches to a WR (granted, he has not yet gone up against any great WRs).
