Tyrann Mathieu /Morris Claiborne 1 on 1 coverage

I am concerned about Cam running by the blitz for a shite ton of yardage.

No. Our 1 on 1 coverage was not as good last year as it could have been because we didn't get any QB pressure last year. With average to above-average QB pressure I trust our athletes' ability to stay in good man coverage long enough for the DLine to force a bad decision or bad throw.

I'm sure they will make some plays against our man coverage, but that's what great offenses do. Hopefully those plays are few and far between and dont end in TD's

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Anyone else concerned about this?

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not really. it's not that either is bad, actually I think they're good cover guys. a couple times the throws have just been that good.

That is why we probably wont blitz much. His passing and running is much better against the blitz. We will probably run a containment defense with zone and occasional blitzes.

somewhat, yes

In descending order, these are the people that concern me in pass coverage the most

1) Brandon Taylor - he has a good instinct for run protection and has a slow learning curve in pass protection capability/instincts
2) Jai Eugene - He is too emotional, which leads to inconsistency, and is also not nearly the cover corner we thought when we stole him from Michigan

----to play along, I'll keep going, but not as concerned about these guys------

3) Ty Mathieu - Only because he is so tiny and young (still making mistakes on his angle of attack in coverage)
4) Stephon Francois - Unlike Baker and Sheppard, he is not as fast and instintive, and is not that instinctive in run protection either - he is the biggest weakness on the D IMHO
5) Claiborne - He is a lot like Hawkins and Zenon, but better speed and instincts..He is Johnny on the Spot for INT's, but his pass protection in true cover-corner situations is not as good as it is made out to be - YET.

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not really. it's not that either is bad, actually I think they're good cover guys. a couple times the throws have just been that good.

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exactly.
The times I've seen them get beat were because of unbelievably accurate/pinpoint passes. I don't expect Newton to be that accurate tommorrow. Put some pressure on him in passing situations and I think he'll make some bad decisions.

Mo will be fine against a physical receiver. He's a pretty physically imposing corner at around 6'0" 180 lbs

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Mo has been sick in coverage since UNC

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The only other legit WR's we played was West Virginia/FL and instead of picking on Mo they picked on Ty and UF on Jai mainly because our DL has punished every other team. McNeese's WR whipped Mo 1 on 1 on their touchdown. All i am saying is these are the matchups that i am worried about. Plus Les & Chavis are stubborn, they are going to blitz! Which i don't mind because Cam has only faced a solid defense in South Carolina. If you all can not see what i'm sayinig watch replays of the games. I promise you it's a the only weak part on our defense besides Brandon Taylor with playaction & not always staying deep.

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I actually would rather have Mathieu and Claiborne playing corner. Then we can put Peterson at FS or something spying Newton.

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You do understand that teams completely stay away from his side in man to man coverage right?

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1) Brandon Taylor - he has a good instinct for run protection and has a slow learning curve in pass protection capability/instincts
2) Jai Eugene - He is too emotional, which leads to inconsistency, and is also not nearly the cover corner we thought when we stole him from Michigan

----to play along, I'll keep going, but not as concerned about these guys------

3) Ty Mathieu - Only because he is so tiny and young (still making mistakes on his angle of attack in coverage)
4) Stephon Francois - Unlike Baker and Sheppard, he is not as fast and instintive, and is not that instinctive in run protection either - he is the biggest weakness on the D IMHO
5) Claiborne - He is a lot like Hawkins and Zenon, but better speed and instincts..He is Johnny on the Spot for INT's, but his pass protection in true cover-corner situations is not as good as it is made out to be - YET.

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ok are you a coach? This is exactly what i am saying. This could be a problem against a really good QB and we've played what 1? He passed for what 400yards most of them in 1 on 1 coverage? We will slow Newton's running down and make Auburn pass. The fact that they spread the field means that we will be in man (hopefully b/c we aren't that great in the zone including PP.) I'm just saying this matchup will decide the game.

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The only other legit WR's we played was West Virginia/FL and instead of picking on Mo they picked on Ty and UF on Jai mainly because our DL has punished every other team. McNeese's WR whipped Mo 1 on 1 on their touchdown. All i am saying is these are the matchups that i am worried about. Plus Les & Chavis are stubborn, they are going to blitz! Which i don't mind because Cam has only faced a solid defense in South Carolina. If you all can not see what i'm sayinig watch replays of the games. I promise you it's a the only weak part on our defense besides Brandon Taylor with playaction & not always staying deep.

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WV attempted to throw on Mo on good bit. He was just right there everytime they tried and broke up the play. From what I remember there was a few plays the WV WR essentially had to break up the play to make sure Mo didn't pick it. Florida threw at him a few times, he gave up that big play to Moore in the fourth.

He's definately not been a weak point of the D besides UNC. He's in there with Baker/Taylor as the one of the best players on the D sans the big three.