Dom Hampton and Carson Bruener change everything for this defense
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I'm not excusing it, its just lack of in game time where the play operates in real time... and these are rookie mistakes... hopefully he catches on ~ no guarantee of that.dnc said:
He's in his third year in the programDawgsCanDance said:So i remember Napoleon when he arrived as a freshman and the guy had no sense of play development timing... it was hilarious watching him literally bounce 5 yards backward after slamming into the asses of the offensive lineman prior to the expected hole opening... after the bounce the linemen would turn around and look at this young idiot and say JFC, WTF.
We had bigtime mean AF linemen at the time that really understood their assignments and it was hilarious to watch the learning curve and the interaction with the linemen. This kid will figure it out ~ because we haven't had it since he has been here, he didn't get the benefit of watching the junior senior RB's that have mastered the art of following the blocks in the great tradition.
I'm not saying he is NIP, just that its one of the things kids have to learn, especially if take it to the house speed is what got them the scholi in the first place. -
I'm pretty sure I said Hampton should start at safety before week 1. Getting a hitter at safety helps your run defense. Not shocked it took Jimmy this long to figure that out though.
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Voi looks like he has high level athleticism that I havent seen in anyone else on the linedannarc said:Voi got good push and is not huge but has lateral quickness, the rest of the interior is soft. Bookie was 30yrs off LOS and backpedaling on obvious run downs. We stacked more innthe box which was nice. Bruner has the physical abilities and IQ, Pops brought him up right.
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He needs to play outside on early downs with Bowman outCanadawg said:
Voi looks like he has high level athleticism that I havent seen in anyone else on the linedannarc said:Voi got good push and is not huge but has lateral quickness, the rest of the interior is soft. Bookie was 30yrs off LOS and backpedaling on obvious run downs. We stacked more innthe box which was nice. Bruner has the physical abilities and IQ, Pops brought him up right.
Davis and McGrew are a nice combo. -
He needs more timeNorwegianHusky said:I'm pretty sure I said Hampton should start at safety before week 1. Getting a hitter at safety helps your run defense. Not shocked it took Jimmy this long to figure that out though.
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This is definitely true. And we don’t blow anyone out so the starters play most downs.chuck said:
But hasn't had many game reps, and apparently nobody on this team gets better in practice anymore.dnc said:
He's in his third year in the programDawgsCanDance said:So i remember Napoleon when he arrived as a freshman and the guy had no sense of play development timing... it was hilarious watching him literally bounce 5 yards backward after slamming into the asses of the offensive lineman prior to the expected hole opening... after the bounce the linemen would turn around and look at this young idiot and say JFC, WTF.
We had bigtime mean AF linemen at the time that really understood their assignments and it was hilarious to watch the learning curve and the interaction with the linemen. This kid will figure it out ~ because we haven't had it since he has been here, he didn't get the benefit of watching the junior senior RB's that have mastered the art of following the blocks in the great tradition.
I'm not saying he is NIP, just that its one of the things kids have to learn, especially if take it to the house speed is what got them the scholi in the first place.
All that being said Davis looks average at best to me. I don’t see one thing he does above average. -
Run game NOGAF it can't hurt you like the pass game can. Least of that elitist Brah, @backthepack's worries.Houhusky said:It cannot be understated how big the difference was in NOT having ASA fucking turner backpedeling and intentionally taking poor angles like a pussy.
Radley Hiles played pretty well at safety AND it gave the defense some actual versatility because Hiles can actually tackle and cover the slot in man so the defense can actually rotate to a cover 1 sometimes.
The interception that Sirmon got in the 2nd quarter to stop a long Stanford drive into the UW redzone was because the defense disguised itself as its typical soft cover 2 deep safeties but it was actually an aggressive cover 1 man with Hiles covering the slot WR and the Standford QB panicked when he realized he read the pre snap defense incorrectly.
Edit: hiles also regularly played <10 off the LOS instead of backpedeling furiously off the screen. </p>
