jerzeycane
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See I want him against Williams or Darby, take those guys out the game at the very least, which will allow Herb and Dorsett more favrable match ups. I think Stacy at the top of his game gives William and Draby all they can handle, I don't think our others guys will really do that. Sure Dorsett is a beast over the top, and may get away with a time or two, but we can't count on that when you have athletes with speed like Darby on him with help over the top from Ramsey. They can be beat, Parker torched them, but we gotta get the most out of our guys, and unfortunately the only guy we have that has the ability to do that consistently is Stacy.
Like you said, I like Stacy in the slot, I like Stacy running deep verticals in the slot, force them to adjust to us and our talent. Also concerning Darby, that dude is a legit 4.3 dude that can cover, but he is soft. We need someone to pop him on a running play, dude is scared of contact. Back to Stacy, I like Stacy in the slot but only if it is effective and early, Im scared that if we put our other 2 guys out wide, PJ and Darby have a field day. Test them deep with Stacy, at least make them account for him. I say Stacy not Dorsett, because Stacy can go up and make a play, Dorsett is more of a guy that slips past your defense than a guy that makes an acrobatic catch.
What you've illustrated and what has been illustrated throughout this thread, is that we've got matchup advantages everywhere. Whether it's Duke vs. their Backers, our TE's against their backers, or our slot against their nickel, we have matchups that Coley needs to take advantage of.
I'm just hoping that Eddie Goldman doesn't start wrecking everything, because Shane McDermott has done terribly against every big time defensive tackle and honestly that's understandable because you can't really do anything about a great DT, but he can't be getting rag dolled. It was Louis Nix in '12. It was Timmy Jernigan and Lawrence-Stample last year. He's got to have a better performance.
Unfortunately Goldman is beasting this year, and Shane is gonna need major help, but I think we can do a decent enough job here where we can still mitigate that. Duke still had near a hundred by the fourth against Timmy and Goldman last year, we can do the **** thing. The kool aid is flowing over here…...