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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Spags made immediate adjustments that were reflected in a big way against Cook and the Vikings the following week.
He stopped playing the RB nearly as straight up and they started making a fair number of pretty varied shifts to get acceptable matchups on the RBs.
Would I rather see Darron Lee have developed into a genuine starting caliber player so we could have his speed out there instead of Spags being forced to scheme around Reggie Ragland's heavy feet? Yup - but it didn't happen.
But we know Spags won't get caught napping. The guy knows where this defense has issues and he'll pull every lever at this point to try to cover them.
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I did like seeing the resurrection of Dorian O’Daniel the past two playoff games. Even in limited action, he made some nice plays in a spy role and accounting for short zone responsibilities against running backs. He’s a pretty dependable tackler and Niemann has also improved in this regard. I believe the Titans offensive line is better than that of the 49ers, but Shanahan’s run scheme is so much more multiple in that it will really test the discipline of this defence with so much misdirection and a mix of zone and gap scheme.