I’m a fan of Stack’s talent but his 2019 defensive exploits are way, way overrated.
Granted we were missing personnel but he was part of a defensive unit that uncharacteristically leaked like a seive in the first half of 2019. When players did return, Hardwick and co couldn’t move Stack out of defense quick enough. They even preferred to play Baker back there, someone who up to that point had never played as a defender in his life! The results show the coaches were right too. After the bye, we won every game and only conceded 70 points or more twice compared to eight times before the bye.
I suspect Stack the defender liked to chase a kick more than hold defensive structures. Something that doesn’t work in our team based defense.