Shaq down.....OLB now a concern against Eagles

[Jmac]

Klein is a MLB and a liability at OLB, Glanton played well last year , but hasn't been called up. Eagles speed on offense is a concern. So do they find ways to use Colin Jones to compensate for lack of speed and coverage ability with Klein. Bad time to lose Shaq. Will they mix up the defensive schemes to have our fastest and best coverage guys on the field or stay with Klein at OLB?

 

[Udogg]

We run nickel more than anyone in the league.  Other than the Jets..no on else is close.   We will be fine.

 

[CRA]

Klein is a MLB and a liability at OLB, Glanton played well last year , but hasn't been called up. Eagles speed on offense is a concern. So do they find ways to use Colin Jones to compensate for lack of speed and coverage ability with Klein. Bad time to lose Shaq. Will they mix up the defensive schemes to have our fastest and best coverage guys on the field or stay with Klein at OLB?

 

Depends what package we are in.  Eagle don't ground and pound so we likely won't have 3 LBs on the field all game even if Shaq was healthy.

Eagles run a lot of formations that would require us to bring in a DB anyway. 

[LUUUUUKE]

It is ironic that we drafted him to play teams specifically designed like the Eagles, and he's out.

Next Man Up, nothing new this season. 

 

[LinvilleGorge]

We'll just run more nickel.  May see some of the buffalo nickel too.

[O-Ther]

The other thread already covered this. If we pull up Glanton from the practice squad, it'll be done at the end of the week, not now. Let the Iggles wonder what we're gonna do.

[Blackmagic]

We'll play with Colin Jones in the buffalo nickel package. Extra safety/linebacker. He's one of the fastest, maybe the fastest on the team.

[CRA]

We'll just run more nickel.  May see some of the buffalo nickel too.

expecting more from the safeties doesn't sound like a good idea.   I think true nickel is the way to go.

Also, Roman Harper was already on every teams radar.  Dude is gonna be THE  game plan for teams until we make a change IMO.   Philly has some TEs that can run too.

So the Ertz/Matthews matchups are big.

[Seltzer]

We'll play with Colin Jones in the buffalo nickel package. Extra safety/linebacker. He's one of the fastest, maybe the fastest on the team.

Yep.  Same defense we played down the stretch last year.  We'll be alright.  Just thankful Shaq's injury wasn't season ending 

[ncmonzta]

We'll play with Colin Jones in the buffalo nickel package. Extra safety/linebacker. He's one of the fastest, maybe the fastest on the team.

maybe on special teams.  I get nervous when he's on the field as a DB.

[Bartin]

We are literally going to be in nickel the entire game against Philly's personnel. Shaq wouldn't have seen the field much at all anyway. This is the perfect game for him to miss.