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[QUOTE="Rocco, post: 769698, member: 51"]
Based on all of the games, this is what I think is optimal:
 
[U]Base 4-3-4[/U] (Whigs, Reddish - if healthy, Morgan, Esk/Kelly; [I]against running teams[/I], sub Anderson in for Whigs).
 
[U]Nickel[/U] - Esk/Kelly
 
Esk has the tools to be a player, but he has really struggled this year.  I'm not sure if it's coaching, scheme or just bad instincts, but he has been responsible for a lot of the blown coverages.  His tendency to bite on playaction is a killer.
 
Wilkes seems to do a lot of the same things, and his biggest problem is that he is the least athletic of the secondary, so he can't hide his mistakes.
 
I freaking love Darius Kelly.  That kid is a worker, balls out on ST's, and has shown what he can on D.  He is the most athletic of the d-backs IMO.  Get him on the field.
 
From a cover perspective, we really need Reddish back.  He is the only jammer on the team, and Whigs comes second.  I wouldn't mind seeing Morgan coming down and playing corner against bigger WRs.
 
All in all, a big-time change needs to happen with the secondary.  I really think it is the complicated zone schemes that Bullough/Reed have been running, but then again, it's hard to say.  Clearly a lot of mental mistakes by the players, but there has to be a way to limit these mistakes.  Use our athleticism to our favor.  It seems pretty obvious that the playbook is a little too complicated for these guys right now.  Dumb it down without exposing ourselves.
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