Just to stir up some odd thinking i guess, but what Nick said interests me greatly from another way of viewing it. He is talking about playing a "Jamoris-like" position in a "dime". That means six DBs on the field and only two LBs [as usually labelled]. Note that while we were generally happy with "Mike" [Te'o] and felt that "Cat" was being handled with proper violent intent in the scrimmageline meathouse [this coming year: Williams, Shembo probably], we had constant trouble with "Will" and "Dog". We all probably have a shrewd guess as to who's coming off the field when we go "Dime".
That line-up might look like Lynch, Nix, Tuitt across the front; Ishaq crashing; Te'o stuffing the middle and sometimes blitzing; and, as deep backs are in flux, just for conversation sake, say Shepard and Brown locking up the corners, Motta and Collinsworth or Shumate protecting the back, and Slaughter and Baratti covering the space wide, and running the alleys.
Young. But what athleticism. I of course also see a lot of Councell, Grace, Fox, Niklas in other alignments especially of the nickel or the "normal" variety. The speed upgrade in these schemes should be noticeable. I have yet to see the magic that others see from Moore, but I'm all for it if he has it. Spond's never healthy, but it would be nice to see what he's got if he is. Carlo?... God bless Carlo, but.... maybe against line-up-and-smash-at-you teams like MSU or the Old Pitt and BC.
Give me a Baratti-like talent at space-covering "Dog" and good things will happen. Who knows? We might even intercept a pass by someone other than a safety or a really badly thrown ball.
