Safeties will call the plays for defense

Whit calls the defense, even though Perkins has the headset. They want to be able to tell Perkins what he is doing each play.

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Does Whit normally call them for us?

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Yes, I believe he does based on what I have noticed in the early games.

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I wonder if Perk had to call them against Vandy and if that had anything to do with his abysmal play.

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Not sure, but it did look like there were some of the old players out of position issues, like there were often last season, but far less frequently this season. Though I would think those duties would have fallen to West.

I think the safeties are probably a better choice from a view of the defense perspective. I could see the value of an inside linebacker from the perspective of communicating to the d-line, though.