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There are a lot of clever things a clever coordinator can do on defense to cover up for a weakness. Programs unable to recruit enough of the kind of defensive backs who can play man will commit to zone (Iowa). Those short on athletes in the second level can add hybrids and blitzes to make up for it (Indiana). Slower ends can be supplemented with 3-4 OLBs (Wisconsin), smaller ones can be covered by DTs and a good thumpin' Mike (MSU), and if you don't have a 3-tech, well, half of football bases out of a three-man front for a reason. Nose tackle, though: The nose thing is probably my bi...

The Panthers placed starting cornerback Jaycee Horn on injured reserve on Friday. The 2021 first-round pick will be out of the lineup for at least four games.

Josh McDaniels and Jimmy Garoppolo are familiar with The Greenbrier from visits with other teams and hope it improves their preparation.

The Carolina Panthers signed a cornerback off the Las Vegas Raiders’ practice squad to fill the temporary void left by Jaycee Horn’s injury.

9/9/2023 – Michigan 35, UNLV 7 – 2-0 I thought about copying and pasting last week's column and seeing if anyone noticed. It would have various references to ECU instead of UNLV, but acronyms are acronyms and maybe it would slide by. The accounting of JJ McCarthy's incompletions would be off by one and factually inaccurate, sure. I was banking on the nuclear glow coming off of McCarthy's arm obliterating all detail and leaving nothing but a crater of Buddhism (but fun!). I could have gotten away with it, I'm sure. The pattern of this game was the pattern of the other ga...