SAM - Bernard and Klein
MIKE - Dodson, Spector, Mata (Williams by year end
Will - Milano, Williams
The last 3 years Johnson has played 77%, 85%, and 92% of the defensive snaps. I can see that number dropping down. Asking him to basically play LB at 192 pounds seems to have caught up with the team.
Buffalo has only been a base nickel defense for 2-3 years, basically when AJ Klein was originally signed and really struggled bad in coverage. Team was a base 4-3 in the early years of the McDefense and in Carolina.
I think we see a return to the roots this year.