Assessment post Ole Miss

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Good:
1. OL looks a lot better. They looked bad even against bad competition last year. This year they kept a pretty clean pocket and did OK in run blocking.

2. Kyle trask looks completely confident and in control. As much as I like Jones I don't think we should bring him in much, as every possession on offense is going to be so important for this team given the defense.

3. Special teams looks very solid. Coverage looked sound and kicking game was business like and accurate.

4. UF has a ton of gifted skill players. When was the last time we could really say that? EVen if you take Pitts away (which IDK if anyone can) you have Toney who has made huge improvements, Grimes is a man on the outside and in the red zone, and Copeland looks solid. The emergence of Whittemore and seeing a Henderson sighting just goes to show how deep this group still is. Also Davis and Wright look like they can be dangerous out of the backfield catching passess.

5. Ventrell Miller looks like a run stopping beast in the middle, and UF really needed that with Reese gone. Although the front 7 in general wasn't great, I thought they were disruptive enough to save Florida's life early in that game. The Cox deflection and their ability to stop short yardage stopped this from being an anxiety-induced 51-50 type game.

Bad:
1. The safety play at UF is just ridiculously bad. I know Davis and Stewart weren't playing, and I hate to pick on people specifically, but Stiner is one of the worst safeties I have seen at UF since Kyle Jackson. He really shouldn't see the field a lot. His tackling was even bad, and he took bad angles, so I don't see one justifiable reason for him to be on the field. Trey Dean, in limited snaps, actually looked a lot better, especially tackling. But he didn't play much. Stiner was literally responsible for giving up 2 TD through the air and responsible for a third TD after missing a tackle and then gave up a 30 yard pass in single coverage to set up a fourth TD. Just HORRIBLE play. While Torrance didn't play well at least his excuse is he's young. I'd bench Stiner.

2. The tackling in the secondary remains a huge problem. I don't know why, but outside of Dean who is a missle the tackling in the secondary is suspect and it cost Florida.

3. Contain was a huge problem for the defensive front. They never adjusted to the feet of Corral and I'm not really sure why.

4. Conditioning. LINK - this one play is just an example. Cox was so tired at the end of the game he didn't even attempt to run to the play. I mean, I know the game was over, but this is just one example. The defense was so tired in the 4th quarter. That is a problem, but maybe it will be helped when some of the missing players come back next week.

5. Coaching prep - UF had a hard time getting lined up on defense specifically.

Just my 2 cents. If they can clean up the defense this is a championship caliber team.