J Smith, when healthy, requires a double team and sometimes a triple. The back ups can be played one on one. Aldon was doubled most of the time when J Smith was injured, and he still did a pretty good job on the edge. How many runs were around the right end of the D? Most were to the other side, but Brooks isn't being skewered on here so I see this as much to do about nothing...well, almost nothing. With Smith injured he could still bull straight ahead but they didn't do much to change things up to confuse the offenses. What could they have done? Rotated Willis to the edge just before the snap and let the DBs handle coverage, Aldon rotates left and takes whatever gap opens. They very seldom gave the offense a defensive set they weren't expecting. I wanted them to try J Smith at NT once in a while as he could still collapse the pocket.
It's obvious that they need to draft DLmen for the future and as backups, even if Sopoaga is resigned. None of the current backups require a double team--ever! The starters are lights out...when healthy. McDonald is the biggest surprise for me, really thought he would be injury prone.
[ Edited by dtg_9er on Feb 21, 2013 at 7:02 AM ]