re: I see some positives with the new defense.

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This is a big deal going forward. I believe the issue with the D is personnel more than scheme.

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It's not "scheme" per se. It's the implementation of the scheme and the implementation of the fundamentals within it.

If you rewatch the SC game, on SC's first TD, the RB runs off tackle for a long TD run.

The DE gets caught on the inside. The LB gets caught on the inside. Jacoby Stevens, 20 YARDS OFF THE LINE, has his eyes completely on the routes, doesn't even diagnose run until so late that the RB runs by him untouched.

You hear the commentators talk about "eyes". That's the nice way of saying the players aren't taught right. They are missing the most basic fundamentals.

It's not zone vs. man, or 4-3 vs. 3-4. It's the ability to coach it.