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After watching the game again, the most noticeable improvement on the defense

Posted on 10/27/14 at 8:10 pm
Posted by redfieldk717
Alec Box
Member since Oct 2011
28117 posts
Posted on 10/27/14 at 8:10 pm
It's all instinctual now, there is no looking around with heads up asses. The ball is snapped and muscle memory takes over. Kwon and beckwith in particular are so damn smooth with a side of violent. The db's move with the wide recievers well and are exactly where they need to be (just catch the damn ball).

Germans but i can't help myself...safe to say they are running like a well oiled machine and in unison.
Posted by Cadello
Eunice
Member since Dec 2007
47809 posts
Posted on 10/27/14 at 8:12 pm to
They making tackles and looking like they want to actual knock the opponents silly....I love that.
Posted by dreaux
baton rouge
Member since Oct 2006
40881 posts
Posted on 10/27/14 at 8:12 pm to
i agree...there is still plenty of room to improve though...i saw some scary busted coverages. and that RB had nothing but fields of grass on the ole miss TD that got called back.

but much much better.
Posted by Gray Tiger
Prairieville, LA
Member since Jan 2004
36512 posts
Posted on 10/27/14 at 8:19 pm to
They know the scheme and their part in it better. They are reacting as trained.
Posted by AlaTiger
America
Member since Aug 2006
21125 posts
Posted on 10/27/14 at 8:36 pm to
Why did this get 3 down votes?

Alabama fans upset that the defense is better?
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81734 posts
Posted on 10/28/14 at 10:58 am to
Did you notice the DE discipline on screens during a blitz? Both Rasco and Hunter stopped inside screens for zero gain by staying home while the backers blitz. Both plays were simply beautiful. It was as if they knew what the play was before snap.
Posted by HeadChange
Abort gay babies
Member since May 2009
43836 posts
Posted on 10/28/14 at 11:01 am to
Wish DT didn't get hurt.

Watching this defense grow up and come into their own has been fun to watch. I expect some more hiccups and growing pains this year, but next year could be one of the most dominant overall units we've had under Miles

Hope Hunter and Kwon stay.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
261638 posts
Posted on 10/28/14 at 12:01 pm to
Tackling improved, line play improved, linebackers look like studs.

Hunter and Rasco both had big games.
Posted by wahoocs
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2004
22376 posts
Posted on 10/28/14 at 12:33 pm to
After rewatching the first half, it appeared that Rasco woke up Saturday morning and decided he wants to play on Sundays.

Chavis decided he wanted to be proactive instead of reactive.

Notice how read options are now almost always handed off? Bo Wallace gained 7-9 yards the few times he kept the ball, and our DEs collapsed on every occasion.

Ask yourself why? Because we now have an enforcer in the middle. I watched Riley last night for the Redskins, Sheppard and Minter on Sunday, too. I am tired of trying to figure out what occurred post Minter and pre Beckwith, but our defense is back to being a part of the solution and not a problem.

There's not one person associated with the program from player to administrator that hasn't had a boost in confidence since the change was made. Kwon's making one armed tackles, Adams is solid in run support without losing coverage, and the line is all of a sudden aggressive. So much so that even Lacouture thinks he's a pass rusher and loses gap control on occasion, and he doesn't have the arm strength to recover and still make a one armed tackle.

The front seven have made slant routes almost impossible with their ability to close passing lanes. Those batted balls even include Adams. But you have to play aggressively in order to create those situations.
Posted by aarongeez
North Jersey
Member since Oct 2014
20 posts
Posted on 10/28/14 at 12:36 pm to
Kendall Beckwith and the emergence of Jamal Adams. There's an attitude to this defense you just didn't see at the beginning of the year, and on top of it all it looks as if they're just having fun.
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