NFL teams forget to cover receivers from time to time. The Steelers forgot to guard Rob Gronkowski earlier this year, the Rams forgot to guard A.J. Green a few weeks back. They're miscommunications, and miscommunications happen. But what made this play from Jets-Titans so special is that one Titan noticed Marshall was wide open -- and that one Titan was 305-pound defensive tackle Jurrell Casey:
Everybody on the Titans forgot to guard Brandon Marshall except for a 305-pound defensive tackle
So that’s why defensive tackles don’t play cornerback.
Casey sprinted away from his defensive tackle position and tried to cut off Marshall. It was a valiant effort, Marshall had a head start and also is fast and not a 305-pounder. Marshall coasted 69 yards for the score, and I think Casey should stay at defensive tackle instead of switching to cornerback.
