Clearly RR is stronger in man, but I think TW is much stronger in zone coverage than RR. Man coverage garners fan attention better than zone play, unless That great zone coverage leads to interceptions - and as someone pointed out TW dropped his opportunities.

It's very hard to get ints in man. PP7 did it, and Deion Sanders, but that's what makes them the best to have ever played. RR is not in that class, and probably never will be. He's a great lock down corner with the perfect attitude, and spidery body, for man; he just doesn't have the athleticism of those two.

The combination of TW and RR leads me to expect total domination of the passing game of every team we play, unless they establish the running game against us.

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Posted by TxTiger82

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Posted on 7/25/14 at 7:57 am to Penrod

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Clearly RR is stronger in man, but I think TW is much stronger in zone coverage than RR. Man coverage garners fan attention better than zone play, unless That great zone coverage leads to interceptions - and as someone pointed out TW dropped his opportunities.

It is my opinion that this is the fan myth based on one performance by RR against Texas A&M. RR was back to not starting against Arkansas, the week after his performance against A&M.

Clearly, the coaches thought that RR was their best matchup with Mike Evans because of his size. But the next week, they were back to starting Mills.

White, meanwhile, started 11 games. He was the better corner last year and his playing time reflects that. And yeah, you saw some growing pains from White, but you would have seen the same thing from Robinson had he been in that position.

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