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**Jags02** · 08-22-2018, 11:09 AM

(08-22-2018, 10:52 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:
(08-22-2018, 10:37 AM)Jags02 Wrote: Brown is the one guy I really feel is safe having locked up the backup WLB spot. If anything, the battle is between Matuapuaka and Payne for the backup MLB spot.

Then why did the staff play Matuapuaka at WLB for the entire third quarter and half of the fourth quarter last week at WLB -- and then they brought in Brown to play there with only 4 minutes left in the game?

I went back to the tape to check this. When the 3rd quarter began the LBs were Donald Payne at WLB, Matuapuaka at MLB and Leon Jacobs at SLB. This was how they usually lined up, although on a few sporadic downs Payne and Matuapuaka appeared to swap positions. You might have just caught them on one of those sporadic downs. You can tell for sure when the Vikings had a first and goal and Matuapuaka was in there at MLB for the short-yardage situation. This line-up remained the same in the fourth quarter except that Hungalu replaced Jacobs at SLB.

I'm thinking Blair wasn't in there early in the third because they already know what they have in him as a player, and he played late just to make sure he got some reps in. I'll be shocked if they end up waiving Blair Brown. I'm just guessing though, but indeed for the final four minutes of the game, Blair Brown replaced Donald Payne as the WLB while Deon King replaced Matuapuaka at MLB. Hungalu remained the SLB.

'02