Podcast: The "Lead or Follow" Edition
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- Clemson enters 2026 with depth, experience, and personnel-fit concerns because Kobe McCloud and Jermaine Alexander are not natural fits for the 2-5 defensive structure.
- Tom Allen will need to compensate schematically, with the hosts pointing to Sammy Brown as the versatile athlete who can be moved around to create pressure and disguise weaknesses.
- The risk is that opponents exploit the linebacker fit if Clemson cannot manufacture pressure and negative plays through scheme.
- Clemson enters 2026 with depth, experience, and personnel-fit concerns because Kobe McCloud and Jermaine Alexander are not natural fits for the 2-5 defensive structure.
- Tom Allen will need to compensate schematically, with the hosts pointing to Sammy Brown as the versatile athlete who can be moved around to create pressure and disguise weaknesses.
- The risk is that opponents exploit the linebacker fit if Clemson cannot manufacture pressure and negative plays through scheme.
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