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re: 4-2-5 vs 3-4 and Stopping the Spread
Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:10 pm to southdowns84
Posted on 5/6/20 at 3:10 pm to southdowns84
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I think we really under-performed based on the talent we had on defense.
Coming into the year we had to patch a group of safeties together and figure out who was going to play LB. The DL was pretty consistent with the exception of the simultaneous injuries of Lawrence and Logan.
Outside of Delpit, it took half the year to get the safety position ironed out.
As for LB, Queen was not even starting for the first 3 games or so and Divinity who was a penciled in starter after last season missed 9 games due to suspension.
If you track the performance of the defense from start to finish of the season it grew every week and actually was best when it was needed in the playoffs. Several guys in the LB and DB group had to learn and gain experience this season. We have to remember that with the evolution of the three yr player you have to rebuild every year now. At no time last year were they bad but they were definitely better at the end of the season.
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Posted on 5/6/20 at 5:21 pm to GetmorewithLes
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At no time last year were they bad but they were definitely better at the end of the season.
We were absolutely awful against Ole Miss, against Texas in the 2nd half, and in parts of the game against Vanderbilt.
There are injuries every year. Dorsey was never the same after the Auburn chop block. He was way more important to that team than Delpit but they still managed to finish the season strong statistically if you account for the two triple overtime games.
Shame on us for not having Queen ready at the beginning of the season.
We had a record number of juniors return for their senior season (at least one at all levels of the defense), added a historically great freshman cornerback, and had a first round linebacker that we didn’t use properly until the end of the year. We finished outside of the top 30 in both scoring defense and total defense. That’s simply unacceptable.
I’ll give you that we were playing our best at the end of the year. That just doesn’t make up for what we saw most of the season.
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