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By no means am I an expert but they seemed to shift Peppers more into McCourty's role after he retired. I don’t think Peppers stayed in that role completely as he was around the LOS in run defense a good amount but he was definitely playing the free safety role a few times this year with some PBUs and INTs against Buffalo, Philly, Vegas, and Washington. Mills playing time definitely seemed to decrease this season getting most of his snaps when Peppers was banged up.I know they used Mills some for the role but I also thought they used Dugger at FS some too, I thought Peppers got stay at SS more than Dugger?
Again I could be wrong but Peppers seems to rotate a lot more than Dugger who seems more suited to the in the box safety role. Not that Dugger is "bad" playing centerfield I just think it takes away from a lot of what he does best.