How much nickle D Saturday?

[archiehawk]

Against Indiana passing game. Or will Iowa stick with base d?

 

[guffus]

If the young corners get picked on early, I can see Iowa playing with 5 DB's most of the game, with the 5th DB being Geno Stone

 

[Ree4]

Against Indiana passing game. Or will Iowa stick with base d?

I'm thinking more Whiskey D than Nickel D

 

[koralakers]

None. We almost NEVER do that. What's why spread teams (aka NW) beat us repeatedly, and we hang well with 'traditional' offenses.

 

[MelroseHawkins]

I suppose might see it with our LB depth problems this Saturday.

 

[AreWeThereYet]

Need to keep Amani Hooker healthy. He is the linchpin of the defensive backfield, whether base or nickle.

 

[4thngoal]

Do, a hard hitting run stuffing ml and the rest DB/safety.
Our DL can stop their run and make them throw. Supported by the best ml we have, everything will get forced outside and through the air.
Be an excellent test of db/safety depth with a couple of rotations, you could see 7-8 dbs/safeties
Get some serious play time. Film for them and coaches to study themselves.

 

[hawkfan2679]

I would bet that much like last week, we'll probably see a fair amount of Gervase & Stone at safety and Hooker playing a slot corner-like role. It seems to offer up the flexibility to be versatile in run defense while offering some stiff resistance in the passing game. Hooker wasn't perfect last week in that role, but he was certainly very good.

 

[chadfrey]

LB depth, especially in the first half, almost dictates a lot of nickel early. But I am nit the coach. We’ll see what they do