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Thoughts on defense
Posted on 8/31/24 at 8:39 pm
Posted on 8/31/24 at 8:39 pm
I imagine the starters about to cycling out at this point, so probably all we're going to be able to draw conclusions from is already passed.
Few things:
Simulated pressure seems to be a big part of the approach
One way we're going to protect the young corners by playing a lot of 7 or 8 man coverages and not leave them on islands.
Overton and Russaw could grow into quite the bookend tandem...and if my assumption above is true then those two are going to need to be stars for us.
Few things:
Simulated pressure seems to be a big part of the approach
One way we're going to protect the young corners by playing a lot of 7 or 8 man coverages and not leave them on islands.
Overton and Russaw could grow into quite the bookend tandem...and if my assumption above is true then those two are going to need to be stars for us.
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Posted on 8/31/24 at 8:51 pm to Diego Ricardo
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One way we're going to protect the young corners by playing a lot of 7 or 8 man coverages and not leave them on islands.
Didn't hear Domani's name once tonight (that's a good thing)
Posted on 8/31/24 at 9:02 pm to Diego Ricardo
The pursuit on this squad is very reminiscent of the Pruitt years and I absolutely love it.
Posted on 8/31/24 at 9:18 pm to Diego Ricardo
Simulated pressure?
Posted on 8/31/24 at 9:19 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
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Simulated pressure?
4 man pressure but random DL and backers end up dropping into hot throw zones.
Posted on 8/31/24 at 9:19 pm to Diego Ricardo
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Thoughts on defense
They good
Findley broke the record at Texas State last year for passing yards, they did a great job defending him tonight.
Posted on 8/31/24 at 9:21 pm to Diego Ricardo
Interesting. Never heard that term before.
Posted on 8/31/24 at 9:22 pm to Diego Ricardo
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random DL and backers end up dropping into hot throw zones.
That's why all our DL now have DB numbers.
Posted on 8/31/24 at 9:28 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
They did get credited for like 4 or 5 PBUs today from all the batted passes. Finley has a baseball windup though, so not that surprising.
This post was edited on 8/31/24 at 9:29 pm
Posted on 8/31/24 at 9:40 pm to Diego Ricardo
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Thoughts on defense
I’m not missing Caleb Downs.
Linebackers and edge rushers looked really fast.
Overton is going to be that guy on the line of scrimmage that we needed.
Overall happy with what I saw
Posted on 8/31/24 at 10:02 pm to FoTownBam
Oatis and Keenan are beasts. James Smith was flashing a lot.
Russaw and Overton were very impressive.
DBs looked good. Bray Hubbard was a surprise. He was in some packages with the starters and made some plays around the LOS.
Everyone looked like they were able to play fast. Not too much thinking or miscommunication.
Russaw and Overton were very impressive.
DBs looked good. Bray Hubbard was a surprise. He was in some packages with the starters and made some plays around the LOS.
Everyone looked like they were able to play fast. Not too much thinking or miscommunication.
Posted on 8/31/24 at 10:04 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
Cayden Jones looked good when he got in. Freshman middle linebacker. We have some really good young players on this team.
Posted on 8/31/24 at 10:07 pm to Diego Ricardo
First of all, any time you get a shutout against an FBS opponent, that's a good showing on defense.
This was the first game in a brand new scheme.
What jumped off the screen to me was the insane amount of talent we have all over the field. Oh my God. Saban left us in a great place.
I like the defense overall. I'd like to see a bit more aggression in the playcalling, but this is a defense built to stop high octane passing offenses like many we'll see this year (Tennessee, LSU, Auburn, Missouri, Texas, Ole Miss, etc.)
Grade: A
This was the first game in a brand new scheme.
What jumped off the screen to me was the insane amount of talent we have all over the field. Oh my God. Saban left us in a great place.
I like the defense overall. I'd like to see a bit more aggression in the playcalling, but this is a defense built to stop high octane passing offenses like many we'll see this year (Tennessee, LSU, Auburn, Missouri, Texas, Ole Miss, etc.)
Grade: A
Posted on 8/31/24 at 10:08 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
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Everyone looked like they were able to play fast. Not too much thinking or miscommunication.
bingo!
Posted on 8/31/24 at 10:23 pm to Diego Ricardo
I saw less reading and more attacking. Guys look like they know they're assignment. The call gets in. We were ready for the tempo. No staring at the sideline up until the ball is snapped.
96, 50 and 10 eating blocks allowing free pursuit by the LBs. We haven't seen that in 5 years.
4 is a unicorn. I was wondering who'd be the alpha up front. It's him.
I counted 9 DBs seeing time before the game got out of hand. Obviously won't be the case in a few weeks but it will matter when depth is inevitably called upon. Long term, 16 is a somebody.
Only negative...the tackling. My god, the tackling!
96, 50 and 10 eating blocks allowing free pursuit by the LBs. We haven't seen that in 5 years.
4 is a unicorn. I was wondering who'd be the alpha up front. It's him.
I counted 9 DBs seeing time before the game got out of hand. Obviously won't be the case in a few weeks but it will matter when depth is inevitably called upon. Long term, 16 is a somebody.
Only negative...the tackling. My god, the tackling!
Posted on 8/31/24 at 10:25 pm to Notorious1918
All that bad tackling and 63-0 final. I’ll take the final score with things to clean up any day of the week.
Posted on 8/31/24 at 10:42 pm to Notorious1918
I thought the tackling was pretty sound for most of the day?
Maybe I’m just so used to the other DCs I don’t know what great tackling looks like but I certainly didn’t see what I think looks like bad tackling tonight. They were all over the ball.
And not only that, it was good form too.
Maybe I’m just so used to the other DCs I don’t know what great tackling looks like but I certainly didn’t see what I think looks like bad tackling tonight. They were all over the ball.
And not only that, it was good form too.
This post was edited on 8/31/24 at 10:42 pm
Posted on 8/31/24 at 10:59 pm to bamatide07
I was pleased to see #11 attacking the LoS against the run. The younger guys have a ways to go with that aspect of the game. #18 attacked the edge really well in run support.
Posted on 9/1/24 at 6:21 am to Tw1st3d
I thought the D played really well. Were they perfect? Nope, but they looked really good. Loved seeing all these young guys get some quality snaps (especially the DBs). I didn't see many busted coverages.
It's pretty apparent we have a lot of quality, experienced depth on the defensive line.
It's pretty apparent we have a lot of quality, experienced depth on the defensive line.
Posted on 9/1/24 at 6:54 am to Diego Ricardo
103 yards on 40 passing attempts is spectacular
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