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http://theramswire.usatoday.com/2016/06/11/scheme-dream-coples-cant-wait-to-return-to-4-3-front/
The 16th overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft is ready to make some noise this year.
That’s because Quinton Coples is back where he belongs. After spending his entire career in a 3-4, Coples is finally back in his favored scheme with the Rams.
The North Carolina product told Mark Whicker of the Los Angeles Daily News that he’s far more comfortable in a 4-3 front than a 3-4 one:
“(Playing in the Rams’ 4-3 front is) an opportunity to put my hand in the dirt and get after the quarterback again, I’m going back to what I did in college. This is a great defensive front. There’s always somebody who can go in there and do just as good as you. That’s a blessing in disguise.”
It’ll only help Coples’ case to have buddies on the Rams’ roster. He played with two players on the roster at UNC — Robert Quinn and Cam Thomas — during his time as a Tarheel.
They’ll all team up to get after quarterbacks instead of dropping back in coverage — something Coples admitted he did not enjoy in his stops with the Jets and Dolphins.
“The toughest thing about guarding receivers and running backs and tight ends is knowing where your help is. The eyes and the feet go together. Asking me to cover was a crazy situation, but once I understood that, I just needed to be an athlete. A lot of people thought it was my job to get sacks and it wasn’t. I did a lot more covering.”
It’s his job to collect sacks now. As part of the Rams’ deep rotation, perhaps Coples can regain the form that made his such a touted prospect four years ago.
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Maybe I'm still a little drunk from Rams43's Kool-Aid party the other night,but
I have a feeling Coples' is going fit in nicely.
The 16th overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft is ready to make some noise this year.
That’s because Quinton Coples is back where he belongs. After spending his entire career in a 3-4, Coples is finally back in his favored scheme with the Rams.
The North Carolina product told Mark Whicker of the Los Angeles Daily News that he’s far more comfortable in a 4-3 front than a 3-4 one:
“(Playing in the Rams’ 4-3 front is) an opportunity to put my hand in the dirt and get after the quarterback again, I’m going back to what I did in college. This is a great defensive front. There’s always somebody who can go in there and do just as good as you. That’s a blessing in disguise.”
It’ll only help Coples’ case to have buddies on the Rams’ roster. He played with two players on the roster at UNC — Robert Quinn and Cam Thomas — during his time as a Tarheel.
They’ll all team up to get after quarterbacks instead of dropping back in coverage — something Coples admitted he did not enjoy in his stops with the Jets and Dolphins.
“The toughest thing about guarding receivers and running backs and tight ends is knowing where your help is. The eyes and the feet go together. Asking me to cover was a crazy situation, but once I understood that, I just needed to be an athlete. A lot of people thought it was my job to get sacks and it wasn’t. I did a lot more covering.”
It’s his job to collect sacks now. As part of the Rams’ deep rotation, perhaps Coples can regain the form that made his such a touted prospect four years ago.
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Maybe I'm still a little drunk from Rams43's Kool-Aid party the other night,but
I have a feeling Coples' is going fit in nicely.
