Wriginis is a big loss. He leads the D in almost every category. Leads the team in tackles, tackles for loss, sacks & forced fumbles. Think of the big TD last week by Jackson, this was due to the strip by Wriginis. Plus he is the emotional leader on D and one of our smartest players.
With that being said I believe we have to make adjustments to make up for his loss and I think our best chance to do well is to play a lot of nickle. We have talked many times how PN is stubborn but to his credit he has played more nickle the past 2 games than pretty much the past 2 years.
I think the nickel suits our talent best. Plus we have less situations with a guy like Ziese or another LB covering a speedy guy.
CB is by far our deepest and most talented position. You have Jackson, Mathis, Pinnock, Coleman, & Motley and a few freshman. Basically Jackson plays most of the game and then between the other two spots you have a nice rotation of Mathis, Pinnock, Coleman & Motley.
Yes LB takes a big hit by not having our best LB but at least we are getting our best players out there at DB who can cover these small fast guys. At LB I think Brightwell has the talent to step up. In our base D, I believe Reynolds plays the run well. We will really miss the pressure Wriginis puts on the QB as he is our best blitzer, leads in sacks and tackles for loss.
Just my $0.02 but I hope PN plays a lot more Nickle getting our talented corners on the field. With that being said it still could get ugly against ND. But hopefully we can put it together for the rest of conference play.
With that being said I believe we have to make adjustments to make up for his loss and I think our best chance to do well is to play a lot of nickle. We have talked many times how PN is stubborn but to his credit he has played more nickle the past 2 games than pretty much the past 2 years.
I think the nickel suits our talent best. Plus we have less situations with a guy like Ziese or another LB covering a speedy guy.
CB is by far our deepest and most talented position. You have Jackson, Mathis, Pinnock, Coleman, & Motley and a few freshman. Basically Jackson plays most of the game and then between the other two spots you have a nice rotation of Mathis, Pinnock, Coleman & Motley.
Yes LB takes a big hit by not having our best LB but at least we are getting our best players out there at DB who can cover these small fast guys. At LB I think Brightwell has the talent to step up. In our base D, I believe Reynolds plays the run well. We will really miss the pressure Wriginis puts on the QB as he is our best blitzer, leads in sacks and tackles for loss.
Just my $0.02 but I hope PN plays a lot more Nickle getting our talented corners on the field. With that being said it still could get ugly against ND. But hopefully we can put it together for the rest of conference play.
