Originally posted by MadCow420
How much do you need? I'm content with the amount that I have on my Cbs. Id prefer to have my Cbs better at playing the pass. But that's just me I guess. Well the CB I linked was just a joke CB, so I maxed strip tech, and intimidation, and took BRB to 39 so far, may go higher there, and added some dumb SA's. But I could easily see a CB only take coverage tech to 50-60 and use the extra points elsewhere to further advance the build. Things such as tackling, deflect, awareness, speed, footwork, conditioning, heart, consistency.
I actually decided to watch the most recent game that we lost (54-17) to insure it was against quality competition to see how it looked.
This was the game.
http://glb2.warriorgeneral.com/game/game/278503They're the same tier as us, and have 2 S* WR's and 1 S* TE, so he was in coverage against arguably good/decent competition.
The entire first half he only had one target thrown his way out of 27 plays, 21 of which were passes. On the 6 run plays, 2 were in his direction, on one he pancaked the WR but the FS got to it first, on the other he broke the WR block and forced a strip fumble which the FS recovered.
In the second half he was targeted 6 times. I saw 1 deflection, 1 unable to secure, and 4 receptions. Of the receptions, 2 of them the CB was right on top of the receiver and failed the deflection roll. The other 2 were short underneath passes where the WR comes back down and inside for the catch, and the CB was out of position for both but neither was more than 5 yards. This was out of 39 plays, 28 of which were passes. Of the 11 runs, 4 were in the CB's direction, one was a TFL by the CB, another was a 3 yd gain tackled by the CB, and the 2 others were tackled by other players.
I honestly did not see a single instance where more coverage tech may have helped him in that game. It really didn't seem like he made any mistakes at all, and I wanted to put the idea in front of the community for ya'll to see.
I looked at the opposing builds to see what I could find, most were closed. The non S* TE was open and he had 70 route tech and 59 route elusiveness, None of the completions my CB allowed were to this TE, and I didn't count how often my CB was in coverage against him but probably not very much as I only occasionally saw him covering TE's.
So out of a total 49 passing plays, my CB saw 6 targets, of which there were 4 receptions. Of those reception, 2 could plausibly have been caused by coverage tech, but I'm skeptical, I think more man awareness would have solved those two. I genuinely don't see a need for coverage tech. I would love to hear more about why you, or any one else for that matter, thinks its worthwhile, or thinks it is worth a high investment, but I'm not seeing it. And I definitely remember a time when I was saying Route Elusiveness was too expensive for the returns it provided and many people said Route Elusiveness was vital on any Receiver, so I'm curious to see what the dissent looks like here and for any perspective I may not be seeing on this one.
However I'm leaning towards the side of, "What coverage Tech says it does is actually determined by footwork, quickness, sprinting, and man awareness."
