Trey Hendrickson Update

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(Yesterday, 12:49 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: Really bad option. Trey is better than Parsons and Parson will demand mor money. Then throw in a 1st and 2nd round pick, picks that are critical for talent and cap management.

No TY

(Yesterday, 12:52 PM)CottonHill Wrote: I can assure you, Trey is not a better football player than Parsons. Parsons changes offensive gameplans, Trey does not. 

(Yesterday, 01:19 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: You’re out of your mind if you don’t think opposing DC’s game plan around Trey.

(Yesterday, 01:21 PM)jj22 Wrote: To be fair Nico it's probably because he's the ONLY defensive player they need to worry about. But they always know where he is since he doesn't move around any so I wouldn't say they game plan for him the way they would Parsons.....

(Yesterday, 01:42 PM)CottonHill Wrote: Coorrect, Trey doesnt move around like Parsons, and the main reason, he's nowhere near as twitchy and quick.

(Yesterday, 01:52 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Which makes what Trey does all the more impressive.

Parsons is a liability in the run game as well as pass - unless he is on the line or walks down to the edge when lined up as a Joker at off-ball LB pre snap - to rush the passer.

His off-ball snaps have decreased significantly because he can't cover slots or RBs downfield (twitchiness devoid of coverage skills is meaningless). So he is used primarily as edge. Which Teams are exploiting by running at him. 

So to some extent, one would think that if Dallas utilizes him as a Joker, then Teams would have to game plan for it. However; the game plan is more to exploit his weakness rather than defend his strength: 

• If he is lined up off ball, you exploit his coverage skills. 
• If he is at the edge, you run at him. 
• If he walks down to edge from off-ball, you now have a 5 man front, which opens up windows in the short middle. In Quinn's Cover 3, sine Mike was responsible for deep middle, the lone OLB remaining would be stretched to cover the entire middle short intermediate area. And, yes, you can have a DT drop in the middle - but he is now a liability in pass coverage. 
  

Eberflus would have to now devise coverage to protect Parsons, if he wants to assign an OLB to protect him against the run.

It takes more game planning for Dallas to use his strengths AND cover his weaknesses. At some point, getting cute with using Parsons is just that. 

I prefer Trey. Irrespective of PFF grades, I would rather take a 270lb edge who excels at getting to the QB, than a guy who is 245lbs and the league knows they can run at him.