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Couch view of Defense
godawgst
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First the good:
DL: Between Vita, Greg, Jaylon and Levi when conference play starts and it's those 4 the majority of the time getting snaps, we will be fine.
Benning shows flashes, just has to work on consistency and being able to do it every down. Don't know if that happens this year or not. The other side is not Psalm bad, but they are all just guys
DB: Inexperienced, but by the end of the year will be just fine
Safety: Better against the run, adequate enough versus pass
Bad:
Our blitz packages were not successful and I don't recall a time when we even close to getting home with them.
Ugly:
LB Play. It is very very apparent that after Azeem, Bierria, and I will give you DJ Beavers once he gets back, the depth here is really thin and my 2nd biggest concern after OL. We have a ton of Jag's who are either too white, small, slow to compete against the elite teams, or have the physical tools (Rice, Warren, etc) but aren't ready as they are 3rd and 4th on the depth chart.
DL: Between Vita, Greg, Jaylon and Levi when conference play starts and it's those 4 the majority of the time getting snaps, we will be fine.
Benning shows flashes, just has to work on consistency and being able to do it every down. Don't know if that happens this year or not. The other side is not Psalm bad, but they are all just guys
DB: Inexperienced, but by the end of the year will be just fine
Safety: Better against the run, adequate enough versus pass
Bad:
Our blitz packages were not successful and I don't recall a time when we even close to getting home with them.
Ugly:
LB Play. It is very very apparent that after Azeem, Bierria, and I will give you DJ Beavers once he gets back, the depth here is really thin and my 2nd biggest concern after OL. We have a ton of Jag's who are either too white, small, slow to compete against the elite teams, or have the physical tools (Rice, Warren, etc) but aren't ready as they are 3rd and 4th on the depth chart.
Comments
DL I thought was good but I thought it was going to be way better. I expected to see Gaines, Vea, Jaylen, Levi, and Hawaii boy comstatntly in the backfield. They were pushed around here and there. I'm not very concerned about it like I am with Browning/O line but it could have been better and I think it will get a lot better.
Linebacker is my only sort of concern because our depth is average to below average. I thought BBK was ok, I think people were going overboard on him last night. He wasn't great but he didn't get trampled. Against good teams though he would get eaten alive. Thankfully we play 0 good teams this year until the Heart of Chicken Dallas Shishkabob bowl. Obviously our LBs will wreck at full strength.
I didnt walk away feeling nervous about our defense at all. They kept us in that game last night while Babushka and Brownsocks were trying to fuck us in the ass.
I'm glad that shit happened to KT though. Do you want to know why year in and year out our defense can just throw guys in without missing much of a beat? Because Instead of beating teams by 40 with your starters playing every snap, he plays 2nd and 3rd stringers in situations where the game is pretty much over but there is still enough clock left where it feels like a real clutch situation.
Todd Graham made like 0 subs in his game and his defense already sucks. Imagine what it will be like when the guys after the ones who already blow come in? Christ!
Gaines closed holes down the line all night when the play want to him. Johnson a bit inconsistent but I think he'll improve. Potoae had trouble on end contain. Levi O. Had no push. Often driven back 2 and would turn for the tackle as the RB passed him resulting in 5-6 yards. Pulu same problem. Trouble containing outside all night. They did multiple of combos of players on the D line. Rutgers would run at the back ups almost every time. Of 2nds ere on the whole line they ran down their throat.
LB- We need Azeem! BBK with lots of tackles but 5+ downfield. Not closing on the play but waiting for it to reach him on many occasions. Bierria played decent saw him held several times. Potatoes O'Brian had a few good players but also struggled holding the outside. Did see any of the youngsters.
DB's - played a nice game I'm not worried about them.
We have to keep the starting D line on the field more. They've shown they can handle a lot of snaps.
Refs sucked. Blatant holding all night all along the line and often down field. The moon touchdown was stupid. Hard to miss that on the required review. Fire them or transfer to girls softball.
They were also borderline false starting all night
2 plays later, Constantine is in the game and misses a play. I jump off the couch yelling, "why the fuck is that piece of shit in the game?"
So much for remaining calm.