Who is the better athlete and who is more important - WR or DB?

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Growing up I always assumed the best players on the field played offense

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From a coaching standpoint, you need better talent to have a great D than a great O for two reasons: The offense chooses the point of attack and who gets the ball. You cannot hide shitty players on defense. The offense can go after them every play. But offensively, you can decrease the involvement of inferior players and do more things to compensate for their weaknesses. You can also emphasize a stud on O more than D. One DL or LB can’t carry a D to the same extent as a QB or RB can on O.

I’m not necessarily saying the best of the best players aren’t on offense, but (assuming sound coaching on both sides of the ball) your talent across the board must be better on D to have an equally good unit. A good OC just has the ability to do more with scheme and smoke and mirrors than a DC.

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Who is the better athlete and who is more important - WR or DB?

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Intangibles can make up for more physical limitations in athleticism at WR. Frankly, I would say that’s why white CB’s are very rare while white WR’s are more common and even elite at times.

You may not have as many freaks of nature at CB - like a Megatron - but you also have fewer Hunter Renfrow types on that side of the ball who pretty much run on nothing but intangibles.

As I said in my previous post, there’s less magic on defense and harder for 1-3 players to carry the whole group. Weak links get exposed more easily. It’s more often necessary to be able to physically defeat opponents on a game to game, player to player basis on that side of the ball to be successful.

I would assume that corners are typically more athletic because their job is to react to what the WR does.

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DB's are just WR's who cant catch the ball consistently. Both are probably the same skill set outside of their hands.

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Lol. It isn’t a 1985 meme bro.

Corners have hip flexibility and change of direction that is prized because they’re guarding some of the fastest guys on the field, which often requires them to run backwards or play with their back to the play, waiting to react to the receiver. Then there’s the whole coming up and tackling 225lb beast running backs in the flat thing. Covering tight ends.

Cornerstone candle miss CB/S for sure. They can lock down an entire side of the field if they are good enough.

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If you have a great QB you can get by with above average receivers.

You can be slow and still be an elite wr like Puka. Slow DBs aren’t in the league. But it’s way easier to be elite at DB if you are short compared to wr.

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