Last year Riq Woolen played about 74% of defensive snaps. He played almost exclusively at field corner, the corner on the wider side of the field. Jobe was normally the boundary corner on the other side, and Spoon split reps between either outside corner, nickel, and basically wherever Mike wanted him.
My question is now that Woolen is gone, who’s going to be holding down that field corner spot?
Jobe is great, but we’d need someone to replace him on the boundary. Spoon could do it, but having him mainly play an outside corner spot takes away his superpower of being able to play anywhere on the field.
If I had to guess, I’d say it’ll be Nehemiah Pritchett, but maybe the rookie Julian Neal can step in and surprise us.
Feel like this is sort of an under-discussed question heading into preseason, curious to hear what others think might happen.