Quick 3 round mock

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(01-24-2019, 11:25 PM)Au165 Wrote: And again context, Jatavis Brown and Kyzir White were both hurt week 6. Their linebackers were hurt often throughout the year. They ended up deciding often their 3rd safety was better than their 5th LB.

Edit: as a side I’m aware of sub packages, I’m pointing out though that it’s not sustainable anything more than an occasional gimmick. Your not going to move a safety there full time and get positive results against 12 personnel and bigger. Against teams that go 11 mostly you’d be okay but if that becomes a go to for a team they will go heavier.

That still doesn't explain it.  Perryman and Nwosu both played their 3rd lowest snap count % of the year that game and Emanuel played his 7th lowest.  If it was due to being short, those guys would logically play more snaps, not less

White and Brown were both healthy for the Bills game, along with Perryman.  White and Perryman played only 61 and 60% of the snaps. Brown played 37% and Emanuel 27%.  That's still only 185%, and less than 2 LB's on the field on average.  Both starting S's and CB's all played 95% or more of the snaps.  King played 73% as the nickel CB.  S's Phillips and Jenkins played 44% and 16%.  This was something that was part of their gameplan that they expanded on due to injury, but it did largely work.  They were a Top 10 defense, beat KC, advanced in the playoffs, and beat all 3 of division rivals with it.

Nickel has become the default base defense because 3 WR's has become the new base offense.  The defense is always going to change based on the offensive personnel.  If you're running nickel and the offense comes out with an extra T lined up as a TE and a FB, you have to sub, too.  I don't think having the flexibility with our personnel to mix in some of what SD does, or big nickel, is really a bad thing.