Written By Bob Cunningham Johnson has always used a rotation on his defensive line, and that's not going to change.
However, what could change is the emergence of rotations occurring elsewhere.
Linebacker and the secondary are fairly stacked as far as depth goes. This could lead JJ to mix and match different players at those two areas a lot more often than he ever has.
For example, perhaps Akeem Jordan and Omar Gaither work in more of a rotation. Or Gaither can come in for Gocong while Gocong puts his hand on the end as a defensive end. Sean Jones may see time on first and second down, while Quintin Demps replaces him on third and other obvious passing downs.
As far as that goes, we could even see Jones at strong safety and Demps at free, or Jones at strong and Quintin Mikell at free. Hobbs could play with Brown, or Hanson could be on the field with Icky and Samuel. Macho Harris may get some time in at safety and corner.
You get the point. The possibilities are endless as to what JJ could do with this defense.
Something I've been suggesting is the 3-4. Not permanently, but simply for different situations. How confused would a quarterback be to come out and see the Eagles in the 3-4?
Put Patterson, Bunkley, and Abiamiri on the line and have Gaither, Jordan, Bradley and Gocong all on the field together. Or perhaps put Gocong at an end position and bring in Joe Mays to play the other middle linebacker spot with Gaither playing the SAM.
It's a work in progress.
