[jmik58]

Quote: Originally Posted by PowerofRed25

Again, not saying you're wrong, but in actual football, 9 out of 10 times the WR will beat the corner off the line and win the matchup with no safety help. Especially with the talent disparity offensively to defensively in college football. There is a reason teams put the safety there. If someone isn't putting a safety over the top, there is a pretty good chance the CB is getting beat. Corners can't cover indefinitely and given the rather strict defensive holding and defensive pass interference enforcement in college football, it should be an easy beat for a WR. That's the whole reason teams stretch the field vertically and why defenses have to give corners help. Very few corners at this level can be on an island and win their matchup 1 on 1 most of the time. I'm talking no more than a dozen in college football.

Disagree on two main things.

Teams do not put more talent on the offensive side. Defense involves reactionary positions that require more talent.

Wide receivers don't beat corners because they're better athletes or more talented. Covering someone is difficult (especially in man with your back turned to the quarterback and ball) because the receiver knows where he's going and the defender doesn't.

As a side note, the vertical route is perhaps the easiest route to defend in man coverage. The quarterback has to throw the ball farther and accuracy suffers. And the defensive back doesn't have to worry about changing directions. Physically the defender may have a disadvantage due to height, but that's the trade-off. You need a small shifty guy capable of recovering, thus you sacrifice height and size.