Convince Me That The Overall Talent On Defense Is The Worst In The History Of Our Program

Aggressive cover zero requires your DL to collapse the pocket and bullrush. We aren't getting a noticeable push with 9 in the box. A team like Bama would pre-motion the hell out of you and gash you. But anything is better than this current vision underneath zone bullshite I guess. At least go down swinging like a 90's basketball on turf Big 12 team like Texas Tech.

It might be three issues most likely , 1. Talent is obviously not top notch 2. Inexperience and all that entails and 3. Lack of ability to understand the scheme by new players - this might explain why we are so basic on defense , House did great last year , I doubt he forgot how to call a defense . But if the players he has to work with can’t pick up the scheme then he’s forced to keep things very simple .

When I’ve heard the “failure to execute” excuse previously, that’s meant the team doesn’t have the personnel to run the coordinator’s scheme, and the coordinator isn’t going to tailor anything to the personnel he has. Think “drop linebacker”.

Get ready for a long season.

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I'm sorry but I don't think this group, as a collective, is this historically bad. Yes, I know what the stats say, but with a half decent coaching staff, they would not be this bad. There is way too much talent there. We have solid guys at each level. Yes, we are lacking in the secondary, but with a pressure scheme or something somewhat creative, they could be middle-third defense in CFB.

We need something like what happened in 2021 when the DC was fired and we ran the Cover Zero scheme with great success. I know we ran one play out of Cover Zero last night and we actually stopped them on 4th down with pressure. One of the few times all year we did it.

I just refuse to believe these guys are that bad. Convince me they are. I'm begging someone to.

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70% blue chip rate on D including 3 5* and a couple more top 100 players
If you go by recruiting rankings the D is more talented than the Offense

Ain't no way they shouldn't be at least a top 50 defense

It’s both.

Our secondary is a combination of very young and not so talented.

I like our talent at LB but I dont love who we’re playing. But again, our best talent is a Tr Frehsmen and a position less Sophomore

Jack- Ovie is deeply untalented. Swinson looks better but still isn’t great. would be a great backup to a good Jack LB

DL- Smith is not 100%. Jones is bad. Wingo is a rare bright spot but can’t do too much on his own. Jefferson looks good too. Womack looks good but isn’t playing.

So that’s the talent situation. most of our high end potential guys are in their first 1-2 years of college. We have some people who in a good year may play dime.

and then on top of that I think we have coaching issues. Not knowing how to use Perkins. playing guys like Speights, Ovie and Jones. The amount of cushion our CBs play with is insane.