Steele called the most vanilla defense I've seen in awhile

Last night the defense stayed in nickel 90% of the time with no variations and rarely threatening blitz. The only times there was a blitz it was off the corner with the nickelback like what we saw in the spring game.

I think Steele is a big believer in deception and confusion so keeping his best schemes and plays in his pocket against scrub teams should be expected. He's the kind of guy that would rather have his team play in a subpar manner than put his schemes on film for SEC coaches to study.

Expect the same thing next week with some added blitzes but don't hold your breath for any odd/exotic looks.