Bleeding Red wrote:I like West in this matchup with open field tackling being the key. Both teams are sure to break some runs and the tackling I saw on a few key plays against Valley was atrocious. Sure Keller is a big boy and hard to bring down, but it is impossible to tackle someone from your knees with your head down in the open field. West's defensive backs are physical and dont shy from contact when they break down to tackle.
Its funny that everyone in the stadium knows what Burg is going to do based on their formation. Trips right and Shears scrambles to the trips, dragging every defender across the field, then turns and runs to the backside. Twins right and left and he runs up the middle. They just spread the defense out and run to the backside. But no defense has been able to contain him. That still gets the bulk of Burg's yards on the ground.
It will be interesting to see if West doesnt take a kid like Bricker or Auger and have them spy on Shears every play.
It will be interesting to see how West defends them. Valley gashed us at times out of the spread. But they had the dominate tailback to go with a great Qb and receiver. Burg has a couple nice backs that run hard, but they aren't Keller. After Valley spread us out, Keller could find the seams and cutback lanes.
We have a heck of an athlete in Austin Bricker that we can use as a nickel look. Will we stay with the 5-2 or try some nickel?
