Summer of Spags: cornerback technique

Andrew Innerarity-USA TODAY Sports Last week, I took a look into some of the alignments of the cornerbacks and safeties depending upon how the offensive personnel was implemented. That helps to create a foundation to delve deeper and get into more of the tendencies and techniques that Steve Spagnuolo and his staff could apply in 2019.

This week, we’re going to focus on the cornerbacks and some of the techniques that Spagnuolo, defensive backs coach Dave Merritt and even cornerbacks coach Sam Madison have used in the past.

As always, Matt Lane will be focusing on the defensive front on a week-to-week basis. His piece on nickel alignments and personnel is another in the series building up the…