Defensive a adjustments without Sean Lee

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I was in bed with my wife who was sleeping after a night shift and this comment actually made me laugh out loud. She wasn't happy.

Apologize for me, would ya..................

 

[rwalters31]

This may be asking too much of this coaching staff— but we need to alter the entire scheme whenever Lee is not on the field. Here is my suggestion:

1. On running downs— deploy a 5-2-4 look with Wilson and Hitch at LBer. The extra DL would add some beef and pressure up front and soak up blockers to let the LBs flow to the ball.

2. On passing downs— deploy your normal nickel and dime looks.

Keep Jaylon off the field unless he is blitzing— and even then, limit his looks. The 5-2-4 look would put more of our best players on the field while not exposing our weaknesses as much.

The 5-2-4 puts more pressure on the secondary if the DL does not put pressure on QB. What is the alignment of the 4 in this Defensive set?

 

[JohnsKey19]

I'd go nickel 85% of the time and just take my chances that the DL and speed of the extra DB can survive against the run. The problem is yet again the coaching staff is holding firm with this "next man up" mentality blindly and not making necessary adjustments. Jaylon simply should not be playing base defense PERIOD! God bless him but he's a poor quality NFL LB right now. If we had an Anthony Hitchens quality LB subbing in for Lee, the D would be fine. But that's not the case.