I'm not going to argue this, but I have a post earlier about this. NE played alot of Cover 2 while he was there especially when they got a lead. They would press an bail out of the cover 2, but it was still cover 2. I mean Asante Samuel made a career in NE out of the cover 2. When NE got their offense rolling , they would sit in that cover 2 as much as anyone did. Nobody is playing straight man like the Raiders used to. The nfl is too wide open and has too much space. Cover 2 can be a great tool as long as you have the players to execute it. Whatever defense you run, you have to stop the run adequately. You don't have to be Ravens 2000, but you need to earn the right to rush the passer and limit big explosive runs.
I've said this for years even when the Texans had really good defenses, they've always had trouble with lb coverage which is probably more important than secondary coverage. The Texans have never had good coverage lbs. Harris has shown promise, all the others are trash in recognition of inside routes and bait routes. If you can't squeeze the middle defensively, that's just easy money no matter what kind of corners you have. Its like 7 on 7 really.
Back to Sauce vs Stingley and Caserio giving Lovie his choice of the 2. I think Caserio is always playing the long game in terms of personel when it comes to the Texans. Similar to Culley, I think he was just looking at percieved talent or player attributes vs the best player. Lovie, during his time in the nfl never had a player similar to Stingley. Even if you watch they way they played in college in both man and zone, Sauce had better tape. Stingley probably on his best days is a better man v man than sauce, but as a whole, to me its Sauce. Stingley still has time to justify his pick and needs to stay healthy,but Sauce is the 1st rookie to be named all pro at cb since 81. Its a steep hill to climb right now.