![]() "I think he likes to get his hands on the receivers, and when you're able to recover and have that quickness, you can play pretty much anywhere." "He's physical at the line of scrimmage," Walls said. You can be a little bit more aggressive." It is this aggression, combined with his quickness, that enables Skrine to play both inside and outside corner spots, said Walls. That's probably the only perk to being inside. If you're outside and you get beat, it's not guaranteed the safety is going to make it over the top. "You're in the center of the field, so if you did get beat, more than likely, the safety is going to be back. "You've got more help from the safety," he said. Skrine did acknowledge that playing inside has its advantages. Outside, it's more to the point: 'Cover him. Mentally, it's a little bit more challenging. Then the slot corner must alert his fellow defenders how they ought to tweak their coverage to counter."Inside, you've got to think a little bit more, because you're like an extra linebacker," Skrine said. So the slot corner is responsible for recognizing how the offense is motioning and adjusting its formation. "Now it's like a race to the other side." There's also the fact that a slot/nickel corner typically replaces a linebacker in the defense. This forces the slot cornerback to chase his receiver across the field.You've got to get on your horse," Skrine said. The offense will run the slot receiver across the defense, while the quarterback rolls out after faking a handoff.įor instance, as the quarterback rolls right, the slot receiver will sprint from the left side of the offense to the right, directly into flat area near the quarterback. Say an offense has a tight end and wide receiver on one side, and a slot receiver and wide receiver on the other. You just have to recognize stuff before the play, like: 'All right, he's in an alignment where they might try to pick me on this play.'"Skrine said more offenses are running plays he called "boot," to tax a slot corner. "You've got to be disciplined with your eyes. "When you're inside, you've got to be a little bit more patient," Skrine said. The inside corner must also prepare for the offense running a pick play on him. ![]() The slot corner can't just force him to the sideline."It's two different worlds," Skrine said. Inside, the receiver has room to maneuver to his left or right, which means a wider variety of route possibilities. Plus, the slot corner must be ready for anything.Īt outside corner, "you've got the sideline as your friend," so "you know the certain routes you're going to get," Skrine said. 1 receiver, slot receivers can be shiftier guys. Even though an outside corner typically defends an opponent's No. It favors small, quicker corners.But there's more to it than just that, as Skrine knows well. But what are the more nuanced differences between playing inside and outside?Įven though they are both cornerback jobs, Walls referred to the inside/slot/nickel role as "a different position," because it really is. McDougle can play the nickel and dime corner spots, because he is fast enough to line up inside. "We need more quickness inside," Bowles said.This is why Dexter McDougle played over Milliner against Miami as the dime (sixth) defensive back in that package. Walls and Dee Milliner are exclusively outside corners, which limits coach Todd Bowles' flexibility.īut why can't Milliner and Walls play inside ? He did it in Cleveland, where he played before the Jets signed him this past offseason. (Skrine said the Giants line up Beckham outside and in the slot.) Unlike a lot of corners, Skrine can play both spots. In the nickel defense, with five defensive backs, Skrine would stay in his regular slot/inside position, while Darrin Walls would take Revis' outside spot. Their likeliest plan, based on what they did after Williams got hurt last Sunday against Miami, involves taking slot/inside corner Buster Skrine and playing him at Revis' outside corner spot in the base defense. His understudy, Marcus Williams (sprained knee), also might be sidelined. ![]() NFL footage © NFL Productions LLC.- The Jets face the possibility of having to do some cornerback shuffling this week, as they prepare for Sunday's game against the Giants and their all-world wide receiver, Odell Beckham Jr.Darrelle Revis (concussion) probably will miss the game. All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League. NFL and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League.The team names, logos and uniform designs are registered trademarks of the teams indicated.
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