AJ's weakest point of his game is in the open field in pass defense, Chillar is better in that regards. The best on the team is Clay M. I have seen him break up a couple of passes, getting his hands up to bat them down.
The bottom line with our Inside LBs, they are all struggling to be an every down LB, both stopping the run and defending the pass in space. None of them seem to be good at blitzes, shooting the gaps. AJ admits thats not his game.
Chillar is better in space and blitzing, has problems shedding blockers and stopping the run. D. Capers is picking his poison and running it by committee with the exception of Barnett.
I feel a player needs to be on the field all of the plays to get the rhythm of the game, this taking players in an out all the time complicates things and lets the offense know what you are doing. At times I wonder what Bishop could do given a whole game to perform, I think he could be (a big maybe) a better every play LB for the Pack. The readings I get from coaches and players is that he has the ability, they don't trust him. Bishop will make a mistake.
I believe the answer to our inside LB position is not on the team, Hawk if he plays up to his abilities will never be any good in the open field in pass defense. In the 3-4 defense your LBs have to be able to play open field pass defense and be good in blitzes. As much as the debate that Kampman is better in the 4-3, I think Hawk falls in that category as well.