re: Ellis Johnson for D coordinator

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Regardless of who our DC is going to be, it'll probably be about the same next year until we can bulk up our LB corp. There is no size back there. BVG said himself at the start of last season. We need bigger players at LB to stop the SEC RB's.

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I think our LBs need to get stronger but at the same time I think it is more a factor of them not playing stronger if that makes sense. They don't meet RBs in the hole they let the RBs come to them and then the RBs have momentum on their side and they are standing still

Same reason why you see big hitting safeties that are undersized, it is because they want to tag the ball carrier rather than wrap and pull down

ETA: Doesn't help when our DLine takes 75% of plays off