Ron Roberts to Arkansas?

Napier's bum DC.

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I don't know who that is.

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barn dc for 4th and 31

Just curious how FLA fans feel about him….i thought yalls defense had been pretty good the past couple of years

Hell anyone is an upgrade to what we just witnessed.

Im just ready to have a DC to fix our problem from this year. If we had to punt once, the game was over.

Designer of the 2 man patty cake non-rush that allowed the 4th and 31. Probably the dumbest defensive call in the history of college football. It is amazing how these guys just get recycled from one team to the other despite being awful at their job.

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Just curious how FLA fans feel about him….i thought yalls defense had been pretty good the past couple of years

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Florida fans for the most part loved him last year. Don't let them tell you differently now. After he was promoted midseason in 2024, it was a good defense when previously it had been terrible. The change was overnight. After Napier got fired this season the defense more or less gave up except for a couple games. Lagway's play was enough to demoralize any defense watching from the sidelines. So, Roberts doesn't even really have a full years worth of numbers to look at.

I think the constant two high safeties really relies on those front seven to be studs. When they got sad, other teams would just run over them and it was a disaster until full time. Roberts seems hesitant to adapt in these situations. He would rather get run over all game than give up a deep pass. Another downside of Roberts is that he doesn't seem to respect 3rd or 4th and 1. Throughout the year we would have these critical downs where everyone in the stadium knew it would be an inside run with 80%+ certainty. Yet, he rarely if ever could get the stop. Sometimes there would be just 3 defenders with their hand in the dirt, and the opponent converts 100% of the time in that case.

So, I've a lot of good things to say about him, but he does have some critical flaws. The flaws are very easy to see even as a casual fan. They will bother you, a lot. But, I'd say he is an average SEC level DC. You could do a lot worse. Billy Napier gave Florida fans two and a half seasons of Sun Belt DC's getting reamed until Roberts came along.