Re: Stephone Anthony turned in 'winning performance'
 

I didn't notice any alignment, 12 men on the field issues so that's a plus for Stephone however he is still a liability in coverage.

Coach (study, preparation, film review) him up guys!

Re: Stephone Anthony turned in 'winning performance'
 

I don't know man. I'm not sure that Anthony's lack of playing time has anything to do with the system. It might be true that he could be better suited in a different system but, generally speaking, coaches will try to get their best players on the field and let them play through any schematic learning curve.

I think not playing virtually at all this season speaks volumes about Anthony's ability to grasp an NFL defense, in general. I could be wrong, but from what I see of him on the field and coinciding with his lack of playing time, I don't know what else it could realistically be. That's just my opinion. I'm not saying you're wrong, but I just see it a lot differently at this point.

You mentioned that he doesn't have the range to cover, and that has been a huge disappointment for me, because people raved about his speed and quickness coming out of college. I don't think he's slow, but whatever speed he has is not helping him track the ball.

Re: Stephone Anthony turned in 'winning performance'
 

From what I saw he played well....he's no more a liability in coverage than C.Robertson

Re: Stephone Anthony turned in 'winning performance'
 

doesn't t seem to matter now, the pickity tackety he cant do this or that is just lets see what u learned from the bench all year. if trading him is the thing well so be it. theres going to be a coach cleaning house coming soon.

Re: Stephone Anthony turned in 'winning performance'
 

this offense has gotten atrocious as of late when theres another team that hasa shot for after season playoff hopes its every single team that just pomles us into something we havent seen, we cant match there effort to keep hope of contention, we crumble brees is rattled,eyes bigger than ever back there , come on un can see it a thousand miles away DBs jumping his throws week after week. DBs jabbering everywhere that there reading his eyes its so simple now to pick him off , come on dammit i'm fed up, put a viser on if this is the way hes going to finnish it here in nola, sorry if i burned some pu#@ys but this is not drew brees sorry.

Re: Stephone Anthony turned in 'winning performance'
 

For what I seen he did a great job. He just need more reps to build up his confidence in coverage. On one particular play I notice he had excellent coverage but his confidence in his coverage look like he bailed out at the end looking for a offensive interference. On plays of attacking the run was exceptional, but I would like for him to be more decisive when hitting the holes on his attack to the runner which only comes with more reps. Don't come back next year screwing the kid into playing strong lb. if they choose start Robertson at middle keep Anthony at back up mlb

Re: Stephone Anthony turned in 'winning performance'
 

MLB is a tough spot. Quarterback for the defense. Not only do you have to know what you're responsible for on each play, you gotta make sure everyone else is lined up in the right spot AND be able recognize what the offense will do based on the way they line up AND check out of the called play if it doesn't match up. If the other team thinks the MLB isn't up to the task, they'll take advantage of it.

Re: Stephone Anthony turned in 'winning performance'
 

Reporter with cajones should have asked, "How much of this do you feel is a coaching failure and how much on him?"

Re: Stephone Anthony turned in 'winning performance'
 

From watching CRob throughout this season, he very rarely makes a mistake in zone coverage. Maybe not as consistent as we would like, however when it's time to pick up the TE on the seam .. he picks him up. I may sound like a Robertson homer but the man is in on a ton of tackles.

But circle back to Stephone for a moment. His overall lack of awareness in coverage is alarming. There were plays where he left zone/man & went off into a "twilight zone" where there were no receivers within 5 + yards, resulting in wide open catches :(. I'm not sure which tv announcer said but I'm paraphrasing here ... "#50 is out there in no mans land covering the grass". This is why I continue to comment on SA and his lack of coverage skills.

He still looks awkward in space :hallucinate:.

Re: Stephone Anthony turned in 'winning performance'
 

He is. Ryan was going from a 4-3 to a 3-4 which I think suits Anthonys strenghth to a tee. Coverage is not his strong suit. Stuffing holes and blitzing is what he would do best, shoring up the middle against the run.