Twitter: Diggs asks Eberflus for more man coverage

No anger against Diggs should punish the team. If the CB's are better at playing man, why force them to cover in zone? This seems ridiculous.

The pass defense has been terrible thus far.
Because Eberflus is a “my way or the highway” type coach who doesn’t know how/and/or refuses to adapt his scheme to the players on the roster.

Colts fans and Bears fans complained about it when he was with them.
 
This has always been a better man coverage team. Reasonable request
They have been drafting man corners for years. How they hired a zone DC is beyond me.
Diggs, Bland, Elam, and Revel are all man corners. Eberflus needs to be flexible with his scheme and play to the strengths of his unit.
Why hire a DC that runs a zone scheme, as a GM, if your CBs are all man cover CBs?

Why accept a job for a team with man cover CBs if you're not going to adjust to the talent?

Elam was a man cover CB they traded for, yet they run a zone scheme. Revel is 3rd round man cover CB they picked, yet run a zone scheme. I'm not sure I can blame these players too much because the GM and DC aren't on the same page.

100% agree with the guys quoted.
 
Glad Diggs showed some leadership by asking the DC to be a better, more flexible Coach. Reminds me of what the guys did on Offense with McCarthy a couple years ago.
 

Cowboys CB Trevon Diggs, who has made his bones in this league as man corner, has asked DC Matt Eberflus to play more man coverage. Until then he said he will have get comfortable being uncomfortable as a zone cornerback. He will start this week against Jets after being benched to start the Packers game. He said the coaches were holding him accountable for on and off the field stuff.

He looks slow and like he's struggling to change direction. He seems to have regressed from the start of the season. He reminded me of Jaylon Smith in the last game. It's too bad because I was a big fan of his.
 
No anger against Diggs should punish the team. If the CB's are better at playing man, why force them to cover in zone? This seems ridiculous.

The pass defense has been terrible thus far.
Yes, it's not like the other players are doing great and only Diggs is struggling.
 
Eberflus wants his players to be flexible but isn't willing to follow his own demands. It's a poor plan.

The most successful coaches use care to make the most of the talent available. He's being foolish.
 
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Even if we should be playing more man, Diggs should keep his mouth shut and not tell the media about it.

I'm just glad to read he was actually benched last week. Maybe that's why he made an effort to tackle Sunday night.
Not talk to the media? You mean like Jerry?
 
Head coaches fault. Do you think a player would need to ask a DC to change something under Landry, Parcells or Jimmy Johnson? If any of those coaches teams were averaging 33points a game given up on defense, there would be hell to pay and changes made. ASAP

GM/HC and owner Jerry Jones doesn't care. He hired him and doesn't want to look stupid, in doing so does look stupid.
 

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