I have seen Hoecht get burned far too many times on deep patterns of over 15 - 30 yards.
He should never be in man.
If he is going to drop back into coverage, then it should be zone coverage only.
And I like Hoecht but still feel he is better suited to be on DL. Did you ever see AD Brown or Turner drop into coverage. Hoecht should always be on the line as well.
Last year - we were kinda stuck with Hoecht as a LB but I like the guys we have now and feel Hoecht should be permanently moved to DL. But that is just me. Maybe Shula likes moving players around. We shall see.
And Dude - cool it on the harshness - you're making up stuff that I have never said about players.
Well WE DISAGREE! The Rams IMO do as well from what I saw in training camp.
In fact Hoecht looks faster than he EVER has once again IMO.He even line up wider than Jared Verse.Verse on his Mic’d Up says put me in coverage.Talking to I be lieve is(everybody) Ernest Jones.Telling him I want to do what you guys do,I can do it.
—Yes that is JARED VERSE who is going to be a FREAK & a player you might come to LOVE,but don’t want to put word in your mouth.
B. Jackson is going to be interesting to watch in preseason games.There’s no way you are going to see Hoecht play DT/DL on a consistent bases. He is to fast & slimmed down.He was always a tweeter to me & not 300lbs like he was listed.I use his size as an example.
Morgan Fox was a different type of player,but he couldn’t handle what Hoecht can.Shula was a apart of that transition & Fix was probably actually quicker off the Line of scrimmage on all cours(3’s).
You saying what you believe doesn’t mean he can’t do it & won’t be asked to do it.Of course if the pass rush gets to The QB he doesn’t have to go that deep.Plus shade Curl towards him & cheat on that side & maybe you have a PICK 6 ?