Continuously blitzing will doom Clemson. Continuously dropping 7-8 back will doom Clemson. And they don't have the personnel to consistently get pressure on JB9 with 4 rushers, especially with our drastically improved OL play. Wanna bring 5? Then CEH finna get his chip block then eat- for 4 quarters.

Venables is just going to have to do his best to mix things up, be unpredictable, and hope to force Burrow into a couple of mistakes.

No matter what has been thrown at Ensminger/Brady/Burrow- they've effectively figured it out and countered it. Venables might find a way to slow our offense down but it would take an NFL team to stop it.

I don't think the biggest story line of the game is our offense vs. their defense... but rather it's their offense vs. our defense. That's where the game will be won or lost.

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Posted by Penrod

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Posted on 1/4/20 at 7:23 am to TigerAxeOK

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Continuously blitzing will doom Clemson. Continuously dropping 7-8 back will doom Clemson.

Yep, that’s why he will do neither. A great DC will mix it up. The idea is that when the ball is snapped, and for about 1 second afterwards, the QB doesn’t know what the defense is doing.

I expect Clemson to show some man, run with their men for two or three steps, then fall into zones. They will hope to get a cheap interception, like the one Phillips got before halftime against Alabama.

I also expect some blind side defensive back blitzes. I don’t understand why more teams haven’t done that against LSU. The shotgun makes these less effective, but those DBs aren’t doing teams much good in coverage against LSU, so send them. If you can catch Burrow running a RPO to the right side RB the DB might be able to sneak in there. It’s probably a 1 in 5 shot, but it could cause a turnover.

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Posted by Jabontik

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Posted on 1/4/20 at 7:32 am to TigerAxeOK

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I don't think the biggest story line of the game is our offense vs. their defense... but rather it's their offense vs. our defense. That's where the game will be won or lost.

I agree. I also think Clemson is used to running TE off tackle and running toss options for 9 yards on first down against really slow, passive ACC defenses. They will be shocked when we stuff the run like tOSU did.

I just hope they don't run sunshine too much, it would be bad if he met Chaisson in the hole

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Posted by TrueTiger

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Posted on 1/4/20 at 8:37 am to TigerAxeOK

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Continuously blitzing will doom Clemson. Continuously dropping 7-8 back will doom Clemson.

sounds like Clemson is pretty much fricked

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Posted by C ya soon

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Posted on 1/4/20 at 10:48 am to TigerAxeOK

Yes confusing Little Joe just after the snap is the key for our defense - that and not giving up big plays. We won't stop your offense, but we will slow down your scoring enough for our offense to outscore you.

That's the other thing - I don't think that y'all can stop our offense either. So it's going to come down to efficiency and maybe turnovers.

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