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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Without Kupp, it's not a bad idea.

Woods is neither remarkably fast or remarkably large; Nelson can hang with him. Cooks is a dynamic player but Fuller has the wheels and the length to stick with him well enough.

I think I'd dare them to beat us in the air for sure. That's why I'm not on the "have DoD shadow Gurley" train. I'd rather take the opposite approach and focus on locking down the run game. Have a safety tasked with shadowing Gurley out of the backfield if need be and play a cover 1. They don't have a TE worth worrying about so I'm not terribly concerned about getting beat up there.

I'm not sure what you'd call it, but you'd have something of an 'option bracket' coverage where you have your safety playing in the box to stop the run but also willing/able to leak out into coverage should Gurley be in the pattern. And if it's Dirty Dan, he's shown the ability to get to the QB on occasion as well so if Gurley stays in to block, have Sorensen get after the QB.

It'd take some balls to play most of that game in Cover 1 with a burner like Cooks on the field, but I am 100% opposed to those goddamn death by 1,000 papercut drives where they use 12 plays and 7 minutes to beat us. Using a sort of 46 defense can get us to a point where we see more wins and/or faster losses. I'm fine with that.

Be aggressive against the run on 1st and 2nd down, get yourself in favorable positions to deploy DoD on third downs and if they beat you quick - okay, you get the ball, go score.

Well I’ve heard enough. You’re hired.