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This Sunday, we could see some new faces in different places in the linebacking corps given that Akeem Jordan will most likely not play.
Sean McDermott has openly said that if Jordan can not play that Will Witherspoon will line up as the WILL linebacker, Chris Gocong at MIKE, and Moise Fokou will get his second consecutive start at the SAM linebacker position.
So what does this say about Jeremiah Trotter? Apparently McDermott trusts Gocong more to start at a position he’s never played over Trotter who’s played the position for his entire career.
It appears as though the Eagles feel they made a mistake by bringing Trott back.
Either way, it will certainly be eventful to watch how this actually works out. Witherspoon has been a successful WILL before, so that’s not a big deal. Fokou, while he didn’t exactly impress last week, will get better and is a natural SAM. But Gocong has never played the MIKE position and may have some troubles.
He’s the smartest guy in the linebacking corps, as well as the biggest (6’3 263), so it makes him the perfect candidate to give it a go. However, it’s not quite as easy as all that, and everyone knows it.
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