Film Room: Odd Fronts and Backup LBs

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports(Let’s begin with a parenthetical aside. I finished this column just before finding out about Cale Garrett’s injury. Had I known when I started, I probably would have examined some of the snaps the players likely to replace him — Cameron Wilkins and Jamal Brooks — took in the second half on Saturday. I offer here the column I originally wrote, followed by some bonus footage of Wilkins and Brooks with very brief commentary. So keep scrolling after the Conclusion.)

Something odd was afoot when the Mizzou defense was on the field on Saturday. It wasn’t that the Tigers thoroughly dominated their opponent (though given that Troy had been torching opposing defenses,…