since he subbed in for Shembo
Niklas has been playing nearly exclusively with his hand on the ground rather than as an outside linebacker.
I don't know if the staff doesn't think he's mobile enough or just sees him as another viable body to help replace KLM, but I found it interesting that he's been playing so much on the line.
If he is a linemen going forward, that makes us incredibly deep at defensive end (KLM, Tuitt, Lynch, Hounshell, Niklas, Ishaq) and pretty thin at outside linebacker (Shembo, Spond, Councell). I suppose Ishaq will move back to OLB, but he's another guy that has been playing nearly exclusively as DE this year.
I updated the defensive snaps spreadsheet (only through the Navy game), for those that are interesting in seeing how many snaps everyone is playing. I know he's playing plenty of special teams, but only 3 snaps at corner for Josh Atkinson is a bit disappointing.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&hl=en_US&key=0Ahk5UIX_88iLdHpz...
Complete thread:
- Niklas played a prominent role against BC -
BPH,
2011-11-20, 16:46
- since he subbed in for Shembo - Pat, 2011-11-20, 18:26
- I watched the game on DVR and counted 20 legit holds on A.L. -
scriptcomesfirst,
2011-11-20, 17:04
- One of the worst - bpeters07, 2011-11-21, 09:22
- Doesn't this happen to every team? -
Mike (bart),
2011-11-20, 17:10
- Not suggesting a conspiracy -
scriptcomesfirst,
2011-11-20, 17:52
- He definitely needs to recognize... - domer.mq, 2011-11-20, 17:57
- Can't speak for other teams - BPH, 2011-11-20, 17:17
- Jesuit witchcraft -
HullieAndMikes,
2011-11-20, 17:17
- They are sneaky. - PMan, 2011-11-20, 18:28
- Not suggesting a conspiracy -
scriptcomesfirst,
2011-11-20, 17:52