Attack the offense’s weakest link. A common approach for any defense in a given week. Defensive line coach Karl Dunbar has a specific phrase for it in going after the worst player on the offensive line. He calls it the “fish of the week.” He explained the idea during a coaching clinic with the Minnesota Vikings.
“I want to put my best guy on their worst guy,” Dunbar told the group. “We do it every week. We have the fish of the week. So whoever is their worst offensive linemen, we put their picture up on the board.