1) Speculate on the two-deep at LB next year.  Is the whip position being phased out?

Chris Coleman: Nothing concerns me more about next year’s team more than linebacker (well, except for the offensive line, but that goes without saying).  Jack Tyler and Tariq Edwards are very good football players, and they will be big losses.  At this point, I really have no idea how they’ll be replaced.

But first, let’s talk about whip.  I think the role of the whip has changed, and from now on I think we’ll see a traditional outside linebacker manning that spot.  In passing situations, or spread formations, he’ll give way to a nickelback.  We already saw that this season.  At 6-0, 216, Joshua Trimble is much more like an outside linebacker than a defensive back.  At 6-3, 218, so is Ronny Vandyke.  There’s no need to ask a player to be both an outside linebacker and a slot cornerback when you can just bring in a real corner in passing situations.

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