Having DLineman occassionally drop into coverages or using DB's as LB's like he likes to do is not a formula I like. Use real LB's, turn your DLineman loose all the time and let them do what they do best.

smallish DB's as LB's tend to get ridden out of the way very easily by huge OLineman when running in case you hadn't noticed. and turning loose Dlineman to rush instead of trying to have them read the damn QB would have put more increasing pressure on McCarrons arse instead of allowing him to sit in the pocket for more time to pass.

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Posted by LSUdm21

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Posted on 5/10/12 at 2:04 pm to KLaw

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Having DLineman occassionally drop into coverages or using DB's as LB's like he likes to do is not a formula I like. Use real LB's, turn your DLineman loose all the time and let them do what they do best.

smallish DB's as LB's tend to get ridden out of the way very easily by huge OLineman when running in case you hadn't noticed. and turning loose Dlineman to rush instead of trying to have them read the damn QB would have put more increasing pressure on McCarrons arse instead of allowing him to sit in the pocket for more time to pass.

We haven't been able to land those type of LBs for whatever reason. We have some mules in there now so we'll see. Just stop blaming 1/9 on the defense.

eta: For the last time. We went after AJ alot. We couldn't get to him. He was getting rid of the ball too quick. Bama had that revenge thing you've been hanging on to in regards to UGA '04. If we played the BCSNCG 10 times I'm not sure we'd win 1.

And fwiw, Saban routinely dropped Hill and Spears back into to coverage too.