re: Kevin Steele hire revisted

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Yes, there were some scenarios that led to points not due to the defense, but there is cause for concern with this defense, and in particular their insistence on running in a nickel package so much. We rarely see a 3 LBer defense, yet we have a starter from last season on the bench while Thomas continues to play the nickel and get embarrassed.

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Have you watched our LBs other than Beckwith and Debo play this year? Have you see the stat comparisons that have floated around here with those guys on and off the field? There is a reason we run so much Nickel.

As for Thomas, he has been the weak link, but who behind him has looked better? We haven't see Paris a ton, and Jackson just isn't ready to be an SEC CB for meaningful minutes yet. Our safties are good, but if you put any of them other than Mills out there in the Nickle slot, you are asking to get beat even worse.