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You're correct.
Falcons run a Cover-2?Another player to look at is Juran Bolden in TB. Even though Barber's cover skills have diminished a tad, teams will still choose to "pick on" Bolden. Bolden may not post amazing tackle numbers, but he should be gold in league's which award heavily for PD's and INT's.
That was my understanding, yes, that they run a Cover-2. Is that not what Mora runs down there?
Mora and Donatell (DC) are plain-Jane 4-3 guys who occasionally use zone schemes. However, with Hall being a prototype cover man, the Falcons run a lot of man-to-man.
This is correct. All teams run some Cover-2, but Atlanta is probably in the bottom quarter of snaps in two deep coverages.Donatell likes an aggressive scheme and prefers an eighth man in the box where possible to allow some extra pressure (think LeRoy Butler, Darren Sharper with a solid DL). Atlanta hasn't had enough healthy horses to run that kind of defense, though, so you haven't seen as much blitzing from the backers this year. Webster was on pace for 100 tackles because he's a terrible cover man and targeted incessantly.
I thought that would happen last season.
As did I. He had a couple of "decent" games, but he was not the true starter at any point (IIRC)
I'm not sure that I'd rate DeAngelo Hall much above league average after last season's play but Williams will be tested if he starts. Whether to sell high will depend on how well he plays the run and whether he shows the ball skills to continue to put up stats when the targets even out. Zimmer's scheme should provide stable value to an physical corner who plays the ball well in man coverage.
No they don't. Rhonde Barber had a great year but even he was inconsistent and is getting old.
It depends on what the NFL team's defensive scheme entails + your IDP scoring system. Cover-2 CBs can have good value relative to the FS/SS positions.
I don't disagree with what you said, but in virtually any but the deepest leagues, unless you have an unusual scoring system if you look at the "Top Performers" menu in mfl.com and look only at CB's, it seems like a good 20-40% of the top 30 CB's aren't on any rosters. That's consistently been my experience. In my oldest dynasty league I'm pretty sure that my CB2 for at least half of every season has been someone who unexpectedly emerged who I've grabbed off of waivers. That's sometimes been true for my CB1 as well, and I'm not BTW talking about injury issues either. Shawn Springs was a waiver wire pickup and starter for me in 2004 when he had 5 or 6 sacks that year, for example. For that reason I just don't bother trading for CB's. I don't need to.
