It’s not one or the other.
For me it is a combination of both.
After the Damari Brown injury, they should’ve moved Richard to Nickel. After he gets injured, bring Harris down and bring in Keith Williams. He can patrol the deep middle and keeps him out of the traffic and making tackles.
Move Porter outside to boundary corner to limit his lack of athleticism. He was pretty good there last year.
Bench Powell and play Patterson more. Limit his reads and have him playing closer to the LOS.
Bring Baron off the bench and give the majority of the snaps to Mesidor. He’s a much better defender than Baron.
Give Scott, Moten, and Campbell more snaps paired with Barrow. That allows him to be more disruptive if you insist on playing a 4 man front.
Get Mauigoa off the field in obvious passing downs. Pruitt looks ready to me.
Play more zone, like Cover 3 match. Cover 2 is *** here since the deep safeties don’t have eye discipline.
Mix in the 3-3-5 more. It worked last year when we needed it. Guess what, we need it.