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I found this insight from mgoblog interesting:
Those in possession of MGoCookies for remembering stuff will remember that a recent recruiting roundup pointed out that MI LB Antjuan Simmons was told he was being recruited as a SAM and then compared to, yes, Jabrill Peppers.
To me this implies that Michigan will be altering its defense to look more like the OSUs and MSUs and PSUs of the world. Those teams mostly run "quarters", which means they have two deep safeties. Varieties of this defense that roll the safeties close to the line of scrimmage often have a coverage-oriented linebacker called "star" who walks out over the slot. That's usually the strong side, thus he is a SAM linebacker… but not the kind of SAM linebacker Jake Ryan was. Same hybrid space player, different system around him?
I didn't really like DJD's defense after the cruel reality of it's ineffectiveness v. osu's power spread offense. That reminded me of the oh so many Jim Herrmann debacles where he just got schooled by some opposing OC. He had a lot more of those than he had of dominant defenses against the likes of Purdue's spread in that day and time.
Anyway, I love the quarter's D with the potential of Peppers playing this role as a guy who is going to utterly crush QBs looking to run the read or, even the triple option where the QB decides he is going to try to throw it. And, oh yes, M needs a really good LB (or Star) for 2016 ...... that would appear to be Peppers.
Those in possession of MGoCookies for remembering stuff will remember that a recent recruiting roundup pointed out that MI LB Antjuan Simmons was told he was being recruited as a SAM and then compared to, yes, Jabrill Peppers.
To me this implies that Michigan will be altering its defense to look more like the OSUs and MSUs and PSUs of the world. Those teams mostly run "quarters", which means they have two deep safeties. Varieties of this defense that roll the safeties close to the line of scrimmage often have a coverage-oriented linebacker called "star" who walks out over the slot. That's usually the strong side, thus he is a SAM linebacker… but not the kind of SAM linebacker Jake Ryan was. Same hybrid space player, different system around him?
I didn't really like DJD's defense after the cruel reality of it's ineffectiveness v. osu's power spread offense. That reminded me of the oh so many Jim Herrmann debacles where he just got schooled by some opposing OC. He had a lot more of those than he had of dominant defenses against the likes of Purdue's spread in that day and time.
Anyway, I love the quarter's D with the potential of Peppers playing this role as a guy who is going to utterly crush QBs looking to run the read or, even the triple option where the QB decides he is going to try to throw it. And, oh yes, M needs a really good LB (or Star) for 2016 ...... that would appear to be Peppers.
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