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Posted on 1/4/11 at 4:16 pm to Kid Charlemagne
Posted on 1/4/11 at 4:16 pm to Kid Charlemagne
I suggest this. Feel free to pass this on to Kelly.
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Posted on 1/4/11 at 4:17 pm to Kid Charlemagne
The defense as a whole does what it has to do. Ted Roof catches some flak, but nobody can deny that the second half adjustments we make are pretty incredible week to week. I believe we average giving up a touchdown less in the second half than we do in the first half, which is pretty incredible in itself.
If you want to know position by position details, our defensive line is the strength of the team. Everyone knows about Nick Fairley, who is just impossible to block consistently, but we also have guys who play incredibly well in Zach Clayton, our other DT, and Antoine Carter and Nosa Eguae, our starting DEs, are very good at keeping containment and making plays. We also rotate a few other defensive linemen, including Mike Blanc, Jeffrey Whittaker, Dee Ford, and Corey Lemonier, all of which are more than capable of toting the load and providing invaluable depth and talent at that position.
Our linebacking corps is pretty good, simply because having Bynes at MLB is awesome. He really is the leader of the defense, he has a great football mind and always makes plays when he can. He has a huge heart and in games where our defense gets burned (see Arkansas), he's the one who never gives up and eventually makes the plays (two late interceptions). We also play Darren Bates, former safety, who needs a little work as he tends to go for a hard hit instead of wrapping up, leading to screen passes being thrown his way and going for big yards occasionally. Our other OLB, Craig Stevens, has experience and has played incredible this year after a lackluster start against Clemson. We also play Eltoro Freeman, who is very good and getting better. Our linebacking corps on the whole are good.
The gripes of the defense come with the secondary. Etheridge is a serviceable safety, and Demond Washington is a decent CB but nothing special. He's actually pretty short, working against him. Neiko Thorpe is another CB, much maligned, and he's pretty terrible but I guess he has his moments. T'Sharvan Bell is much of the same. In all honesty our best defense against the pass in a great pass rush. We are consistently able to generate pressure without blitzing, and that is just invaluable in masking our deficiencies against the pass.
Of our defensive coaches, I'm happy with all of them sans Tommy Thigpen, the coach of our secondary. It seemed that our CBs never turned their heads to the ball when it was in the air, leading to many completions that just did not have to be completions. That problem has been resolved, but it was against Ole Miss when we first started to see our CBs turn their head, and that is just too far along in the season to resolve that problem.
If you want to know position by position details, our defensive line is the strength of the team. Everyone knows about Nick Fairley, who is just impossible to block consistently, but we also have guys who play incredibly well in Zach Clayton, our other DT, and Antoine Carter and Nosa Eguae, our starting DEs, are very good at keeping containment and making plays. We also rotate a few other defensive linemen, including Mike Blanc, Jeffrey Whittaker, Dee Ford, and Corey Lemonier, all of which are more than capable of toting the load and providing invaluable depth and talent at that position.
Our linebacking corps is pretty good, simply because having Bynes at MLB is awesome. He really is the leader of the defense, he has a great football mind and always makes plays when he can. He has a huge heart and in games where our defense gets burned (see Arkansas), he's the one who never gives up and eventually makes the plays (two late interceptions). We also play Darren Bates, former safety, who needs a little work as he tends to go for a hard hit instead of wrapping up, leading to screen passes being thrown his way and going for big yards occasionally. Our other OLB, Craig Stevens, has experience and has played incredible this year after a lackluster start against Clemson. We also play Eltoro Freeman, who is very good and getting better. Our linebacking corps on the whole are good.
The gripes of the defense come with the secondary. Etheridge is a serviceable safety, and Demond Washington is a decent CB but nothing special. He's actually pretty short, working against him. Neiko Thorpe is another CB, much maligned, and he's pretty terrible but I guess he has his moments. T'Sharvan Bell is much of the same. In all honesty our best defense against the pass in a great pass rush. We are consistently able to generate pressure without blitzing, and that is just invaluable in masking our deficiencies against the pass.
Of our defensive coaches, I'm happy with all of them sans Tommy Thigpen, the coach of our secondary. It seemed that our CBs never turned their heads to the ball when it was in the air, leading to many completions that just did not have to be completions. That problem has been resolved, but it was against Ole Miss when we first started to see our CBs turn their head, and that is just too far along in the season to resolve that problem.
This post was edited on 1/4/11 at 4:26 pm
Posted on 1/4/11 at 4:17 pm to The Nino
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Oh they set records....just not the good kind
Don't beat your head too much - they helped get you to 13-0 didn't they? That's the only record that counts anyway.
Posted on 1/4/11 at 4:17 pm to BamaDan
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BamaDan
ATPB
Go back. Now.
Posted on 1/4/11 at 4:21 pm to BamaDan
The Auburn defenses plays very very well against the run, but does give up a lot of passing yards to BIG receivers (Julio, AJ Green), but they have been great in the second half of EVERY game... It is a bend, but don't break type defense...
Posted on 1/4/11 at 4:23 pm to Kid Charlemagne
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The whole entire country is well aware of Cam Newton, Gus Malzahn, and the Auburn offense. It is an incredible thing to watch (even for a Duck fan). However, I am curious about the Auburn defense. I know it has been criticized a little earlier in the year (especially the secondary). However, it seems to me as if the defensive coordinator makes superb second half adjustments. The Auburn defense was incredible in the second half against LSU and Alabama. Can any Auburn (or any fans for that matter) vouch for how good they are? What are their strengths and weaknesses? It seems to me that they don't get the credit they deserve.
Auburn faced 6-7 teams that either had a bye week or played a Div II team before playing us. This allowed them to have extra time to prepare extra looks that we had not seen in film. This was very problematic early on against MSU and Clemson as they spent much of their fall practice putting in a game plan for us.
Linebacker corps is very good against the run but has a lot of weak areas in coverage. this is mostly due to the fact we had to shift safeties around to help corners in coverage opening running lanes up as we had to move linebackers around some to cover the perimeter passing game. The last half of the Alabama game and the SECCG our secondary looked very solid but i have no idea if that will carry over.
This post was edited on 1/4/11 at 4:27 pm
Posted on 1/4/11 at 4:24 pm to Ross
quote:Craig Stevens
Our other OLB, Mike McNeil, has experience and has played incredible this year after a lackluster start against Clemson.
McNeil is a safety. I know it was an honest mistake.
Posted on 1/4/11 at 4:24 pm to Ross
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Etheridge is a serviceable safety,
Ughh, I wish I could agree with this because it is a great story... but he is terrible in coverage. I mean REALLY bad.
Posted on 1/4/11 at 4:24 pm to rangers911
If MSU spent all fall game planning against our offense, they failed miserably.
Clemson on the other hand was just a machine for that first half.
Clemson on the other hand was just a machine for that first half.
Posted on 1/4/11 at 4:25 pm to WDE24
yikes, sorry.
Posted on 1/4/11 at 4:25 pm to rangers911
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played a Div II team
FCS or D1-AA if you prefer. Pet peeve of mine for some reason.This post was edited on 1/4/11 at 4:26 pm
Posted on 1/4/11 at 4:26 pm to TheJones
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ATPB Go back. Now.
Posted on 1/4/11 at 4:28 pm to jso0003
Maybe he just looks incredible to me due to the other members of our secondary.
Savage was a great story as well, but I was the first one to say he didn't do all that much when he played. Hope he has a great life though after Auburn.
Savage was a great story as well, but I was the first one to say he didn't do all that much when he played. Hope he has a great life though after Auburn.
Posted on 1/4/11 at 4:28 pm to BamaDan
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BamaDan
Quit being so damn likable.
Posted on 1/4/11 at 4:35 pm to Kid Charlemagne
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Can any Auburn (or any fans for that matter) vouch for how good they are?
They aint been beat...end thread.
Posted on 1/4/11 at 4:35 pm to TheJones
Yeah, well that's like, your opinion, man.
Posted on 1/4/11 at 4:36 pm to BamaDan
You're too old to say that
Posted on 1/4/11 at 4:37 pm to Kid Charlemagne
Auburn 2010 = Ohio State 2009
you're fricked
you're fricked
Posted on 1/4/11 at 4:38 pm to TheJones
Graduated high school in 1999, didn't it come out around then? 
Posted on 1/4/11 at 4:41 pm to BamaDan
Been said, but if you can hold onto the ball long enough to throw it, you'll be alright. You probably won't win, but you'll at least make it respectable.
Fairley is going to hurt someone. End of story.
That said, frick Auburn, go ducks, etc., etc..
DAT SIG. Sounds like you just rolled over here from /sp/.
Fairley is going to hurt someone. End of story.
That said, frick Auburn, go ducks, etc., etc..
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BamaDan
DAT SIG. Sounds like you just rolled over here from /sp/.
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